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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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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Parents, this blog post will require around 7 minutes of your time – 7 precious minutes that will give you understanding that you’ve never had about your children. Key takeaways: If your child looks at porn, it’s probably not their fault. And if they admit it,
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After multiple years of being locked up tight, many families are excited for an active, travel-filled, relative-visiting summer. We love all of these things! But each of these activities creates unique digital risks that should be monitored by awesome parents. NEW PLACES Create Greater Summer Internet
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Sometimes it’s really intimidating to talk about pornography with your kids. This “10 before 10” idea was inspired by Ginny with: @1000hoursoutside, who has so brilliantly quantified something that seems overwhelming. You can do this! What about striving for 10 solid conversations about pornography before each
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Disney+ Parental Controls Have Improved Disney+ recently raised the price of their ad-free subscription from $7.99 to $10.99. And prices are to rise again in October of 2023. The streaming service has an option with ads that holds their old price at $7.99/month. Their first quarter
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Parents Finally Get Some Parental Controls in Hulu! Hulu has historically been voted the least safe streaming service. Since Hulu is often paired with a Disney+ subscription, parent groups clamored for parental controls. Quietly in July 2021, Hulu added a pin restriction similar to Disney+ for
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My Kid is the ONLY one who doesn’t have a smartphone! Ugh! Is your child the only one in his or her peer group without a smartphone? Recently, an awesome mom asked us this question on Instagram: “Hi! Do you have a place where I can
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The porn industry is currently under fire. A major website is shutting down, multi-billion dollar companies are distancing themselves, and the lawsuits keep piling up. So, it’s not hard to convince parents that pornography negatively affects society. But how does pornography harm children and teens? 5
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YouTube Finally Promises Some Relief for Parents Thanks to the tireless effort of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), YouTube is promising more video content filtering options for kids under age 18 who are also using Family Link. We broke this news on Instagram on
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