You might wonder why a tech guy would ever try to write about masturbation. This one word causes awkward squirming and lack of eye-contact like no other. No one wants to talk about it. Parents want to ignore it. But here’s an uncomfortable reality –tweens and […]
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Selena Gomez on Taking Breaks from Instagram Selena Gomez is a widely famous celebrity and with over 429M followers on Instagram, has more followers than any woman in the world. And yet, at the 2024 TIME 100 Summit, she said that getting off the app was
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Roblox Parental Controls Recently mentioned often in our parent presentations, Roblox is worth a mention! It’s not just one game. It’s 40M with 100M users! Roblox has also been on NCOSE’s Dirty Dozen List two years in a row. But, it does have some good controls.
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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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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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This post was written in collaboration with Blythe Winslow, Founder of Everyschool, and Amy Tyson, Co-Founder and LISW. Both bring a research- and child-development-centric view to educational technology practices. Their experience is valuable and authoritative. Please share this information with your school leaders. School-Issued Devices are
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On March 25, I received an email from a college freshman, who gave me permission to publish her message using a different name. Her parents gave her a smartphone in middle school but didn’t give her social media until well into high school, and it had
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**Trigger warning. We’ve included screenshots and one video from our Snapchat experience. This content might be triggering due to its highly sexualized nature. If you are sensitive to this type of content, please be careful.** Snapchat Testified in Front of the US Senate On October 26,
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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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Apple, Protecting Kids Should be the Easiest Thing to do on an iPhone The Opportunity: Recently, Apple announced new features aimed at curbing the spread of child sexual abuse material. We applaud these efforts! We are now calling on Apple to implement ten critical changes that
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