Youtube Kids App Update – What Parents Need to Know
I published an article about the Youtube Kids App, “YouTube Kids Now Has Parental Controls,” back in September 2018. I began the article saying, “You might have given YouTube Kids […]
The Momo Challenge – What Parents Need to Know
The ‘Momo Challenge’ is making the rounds across social media once more, after going viral in early 2016. I have received several phone calls and Facebook messages from parents extremely […]
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TikTok (Formally Musical.ly) App Review
What happened to Musical.ly? Musical.ly launched in 2014. In November 2017, it was acquired by ByteDance, a Beijing-based media and tech company, for a reported $1 billion. At the time, […]
Discord App Update – Back in the News
Last year, I published an app review on the insanely popular social media/gamer platform Discord. This app has continued to grow in its membership and popularity since then, and warrants […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]