What Parents need to know About Snapchat
Snapchat is the next thing. More and more teens are using this self-destructing messaging app. Snapchat allows the user to send a message or image and give it up to […]
Apps to Help Combat Cyberbullying
BullyBlock – (Android – FREE) – This app captures and block bullies that are causing you and your family harm. The Bully Block app allows users to covertly record verbal threats […]
Twitter bans porn on its video-sharing app Vine
Finally, a social media community member, Vine, is taking steps to protect our children from inappropriate content. Video-sharing Twitter app Vine says it has banned all sexually explicit content […]
Yik Yak – What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to be on the look out for Yik Yak on their children’s smart phones. This new social media app that launched just three months ago is spreading like […]
Pheed – What parents need to know
Pheed is best described as a hybrid of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube — except that you can require others to pay a premium to access your personal channel. Why […]
Tumblr – What parents need to know
Tumblr is like a cross between a blog and Twitter: It’s a streaming scrapbook of text, photos and/or videos and audio clips. Users create and follow short blogs, or “tumblelogs,” […]
Instagram – What every parent should know
I tell parents cyber safety is a moving target. The app popular with teens today is often out of vogue in just a few months. Today, Instagram is on every […]
Vine – What every parent should know about this trending Social Media app
Vine is rapidly becoming a popular app for teens to share 6 second looped videos. 1. Vine is free, and it’s easy to sign up.Unlike paid apps where you get a […]
Tinder – What every parent should know
If you search the web, you’ll discover that Tinder is all about hooking up and still the age restriction to use the app is only 12. This dating app […]
Is Kik Messenger safe?
The answer: NO Kik is a free texting app available for iPhones, Android, Windows, and Blackberry phones. Remember, you don’t need a phone to use iPhone apps; if your child […]