Mydol App Review – What Parents Need to Know
Rated for users 12+ Offers in-app purchases Classified as a Virtual Chat app Over the past month, I have received several messages from parents trying to manage their frightened teens […]
Author: Clayton Cranford
Clayton Cranford is a retired Sergeant from Orange County Sheriff's Department in California and owner of Total Safety Solutions LLC. Clayton is one of the nation’s leading law enforcement educators on social media, child safety, and behavioral threat assessments. Clayton is the author of the definitive book on cyber safety for families, “Parenting in the Digital World.” Clayton has more than 20 years of teaching experience and was awarded the 2015 National Bullying Prevention Award from the School Safety Advocacy Council, and the 2015 American Legion Medal of Merit. Clayton was a member of the County's Behavioral Threat Assessment Team, Crisis Negotiation Team, School Resource Officer program, and Juvenile Bureau.
Surgeon General Now Calls Vaping an ‘Epidemic’
In the three years I was a School Resource Officer in a city with 14,000 students, I confiscated only one pack of cigarettes. I confiscated a vaping device on nearly […]
Interview on Living Well with Dr. Peg – Teens and Vaping
On November 8, 2018, I was interviewed on “Living Well with Dr. Peg.” I explain the connection between marijuana, nicotine, and vaping, and how to talk to your children about the […]
Snapchat is Where It’s At – Why You Should be Concerned
Over the last two years, I have been reporting a migration of teens (digital natives) to an emerging social media sector – self-destructing messaging apps. Snapchat is clearly the dominant […]
Pokémon Go – What Parents Need to Know
You’ve probably heard about Pokémon Go on the news or from your child. Mine has asked me 10 times today if he can go outside and catch some Pokémon. News […]
Sextortion – What Parents Need to Know to Keep Their Children Safe
A parent recently reached out to me with a horrifying and heartbreaking story about his 8th-grade daughter. It was a story that had been going on for the better part […]
So you want to get your kid a new Phone for Christmas? Read this First!
Every year at about this time, I dust off this article, update it, and hope parents will read and share it with their friends. There will be millions of children […]
Interview on Living Well with Dr. Peg – Teens and Online Safety
On October 25, 2018, I was interviewed on “Living Well with Dr. Peg.” We discussed current online trends with teens, cyber safety, and what the current research is saying about […]
How to Set Up Parental Controls in iOS 12
In January of 2018, two large Apple shareholders with a $2 billion stake wrote an open letter to Apple. They demanded the smartphone maker respond to a “growing public health […]
YouTube Kids Now Has Parental Controls
You might have given YouTube Kids app a chance in the past, only to be disappointed to find that your child could start out on a Sesame Street video and […]