A Smartphone-based Childhood Ruins Kids “Smartphone-based life, it turns out, alters or interferes with a great number of developmental processes.” – Jonathan Haidt In his article for The Atlantic, Haidt explores the shift from flip phones to smartphones among kids in the early 2010s, noting that […]
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Pew Research Shows Fascinating Parent and Child Insights A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, which involved 1,453 adolescents aged 13 to 17 and their parents, revealed some interesting insights. According to the findings, 72% of American teenagers indicate that they frequently or occasionally
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Where Kids Use Tech Dictates How They Use Tech Parents can’t control all of the doorways that exist for a child to access the web. Creating a teach-ready home is one thing, but how many other ways exist for your child to watch YouTube without you knowing?
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Everything Caregivers Need to Know about AI and Deepfakes Artificial Intelligence – AI – is developing rapidly. It can create efficiency with certain tasks, including content creation and research. It’s also creating new, extremely difficult problems related to intellectual property and exploitation, including children. The Pope,
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Smart TVs are just Large Smartphones! Completely updated: December 18, 2023 When I speak to parents, I ask them to take inventory of how their family members can access the Internet. This includes thinking about all the devices that can be accessed in all the places
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What is the dark web? You mean, there’s a deep web? I’ve never heard of that! You may have heard it called “the underbelly of the criminal world” or “the platform for all things illegal,” which can certainly be true. We want to expand your understanding
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Recently, the Protect Young Eyes Team celebrated Privacy Week with seven days of helpful tips for protecting your data. Here are all seven Facebook posts for easy access (we also posted these on Instagram): Day 1 – 12 Million Homes. One Nation Tracked (NY Times). Day
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Wherever the Kids Are is Also Where the Predators Are This is a statement we make during all of our talks to parents. It’s just an unfortunate digital reality. Kids are harassed online. We no longer just need to lock the front door and windows in
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“Chris, what’s the best phone for kids?” (Updated March 22, 2024, with new pricing) We receive this question all the time! And now that there are multiple kid phone options, parents are hungry for guidance. When Lauren was going through the tween years (now just graduated
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Sextortion is on the Rise Within the past three weeks, I’ve had two different families reach out to me with dire sextortion situations. In both cases, these were older kids! Ages 17 and 18, respectively. In other words, sextortion isn’t just a young kid issue. Here
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