Summer camp season is about to begin! In just a few short weeks, many kids will be exiting school and some will begin a summer that includes mission trips, work camps, NTS Camp (if you’ve not seen this one, you have to check it out!), or […]
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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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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 awesome parents should monitor. NEW PLACES Create Greater Summer Internet Risks In Michigan, between Memorial and Labor Day, many families
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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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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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The Digital Culture of Kids: Building a Framework of Trust (Parents and Caring Adults only) Technology can do so much good in the world. But if not used well, it can also do so much harm. Never before in human history have young people had the
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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 Fortnite? Description: Famous for its Battle Royale game, Fortnite has evolved into much more. A collection of games for kids and teens. Battle Royale, LEGO, Rocket Racing, Fortnite Festival, and 500+ user-made game modes. “Fortnite” is much more than ONE game. Fortnite is available