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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s Time for a Cyber Safety Tune-Up
Kids are back in school. Maybe your child, or their classmates, have a brand new phone. At the beginning of every school year, there tends to be a lot of […]
Preventing Campus Violence Through Creating Safe School Climates
On February 19, 1997, 16-year-old Evan Ramsey entered his high school in quiet Bethel, Alaska and used a shotgun to fire on fellow students. He killed one student and the […]
How to Parent in the Digital VAPING World
A sharp spike in vaping and the use of e-cigarettes by students has grabbed the attention of school administrators and school police officers. The rapid spread of the fad was […]
Fortnite Game Review – What Parents Need to Know
If you have a teenaged gamer in your home, they are probably playing Fortnight on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Mac, and even on their mobile device. Fortnite: Battle […]
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 […]
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 […]