Ready Player One and Our Children’s Future
On April 1, I took my two teenaged boys and my wife to see the new Steven Spielberg movie, “Ready Player One” (RPO). This is not a review of the […]
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.
Clay Cranford with Dr. Sheri Keffer on NewLife TV
Cyber safety tips for parents and educators to help keep their children safe online. (Part 1) In this episode we discuss: 1. Social media defined and where this technology is […]
How to Reveal Your Child’s Digital Footprint
I get a lot of parents asking me how they can see their child’s digital footprint. I teach a class for law enforcement personnel on how to use the Internet’s […]
What Parents need to know about Musical.ly
Musical.ly is a social network for sharing user-generated music videos that’s similar to Dubsmash. You can upload your own videos, remix others’ work, or browse content created by other users […]
Whisper App – Phenomenally popular app with teens and predators
Whisper app is a phenomenally popular app with teens. Whisper has a total of 17 billion monthly page views on its mobile and desktop websites with 250 million monthly users, […]
Cosmetic Surgery Games and Apps Aimed at Kids
There is a range of games available on iPhones and Android devices targeting very young girls with bright colors and fairytale characters. This nothing new. You look at the “”Tinkerbell”” […]
KWAVE Update Show – Cyber Safety Cop Interview
On February 20th, 2015, I was interviewed by Michael David on his radio show, The Update Show, on KWAVE. We discussed the dangerous social media apps teens are using, online pornography […]
Houseparty – What Parents Need to Know
What is Houseparty, and how does it work? Houseparty is a new group video chat app available on both apple and android devices. You can add friends based on the […]
How to Stop Violence in our Schools Before it Happens
We are heartbroken. As a parent of two teenaged boys, my blood ran cold when I heard the news anchor break in to the television show I was watching: “Seventeen […]
Parental Controls on Chromebooks (Update)
On January 12th, 2018, Google discontinued the Chrome Supervised User functionality for new users. The Supervised User account allowed parents to monitor their child’s activity on Chromebooks. Google says current […]