Vent – What Parents Need to Know
There is a new iOS app called Vent devoted to letting people complain about their lives. Like Whisper and Secret, you can post anonymously, though the app does require an email address (it’s not displayed publicly, […]
How to Report Bullying and Abuse
Do you know how to report bullying or abuse on your social network app or website? Here is a comprehensive list of social network sites. Please email me with any […]
Summertime Increases Chance of Cyberbullying
School is out. Parents everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief. All the drama of school life and bullying is over, at least until the fall, right? I am sorry […]
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,” […]
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 […]
Recent Study Says Teens are Sharing Less
New research shows that Generation Z favors anonymous or self-destructing social media over more permanent and identifiable identities on Facebook or Twitter, and they’re voting with their feet; some studies […]
Kids Are Sharing Too Much Online
As Rancho Santa Margarita Police Services’ Child Safety Deputy, I teach an Internet Safety class to the middle and high school students in Rancho Santa Margarita. I start all of […]
