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 […]
Interview on Living Well with Dr. Peg – Teens and Online Safety
On October 25, 2018, I was interviewed on “Living Well with Dr. Peg.” We discussed current online trends with teens, cyber safety, and what the current research is saying about […]
Setting Up and Managing Windows 10 Parental Controls
” In my book, Parenting in a Digital World, I showed you how to set up parental controls on all the major computer and mobile platforms. Since publication, Microsoft has […]
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 […]
Porn on Snapchat
Perhaps over the past couple days, you heard Cosmopolitan Magazine published a Snapchat channel, found in the “”Discover”” area, called “Cosmo After Dark.”” “Cosmo After Dark,” featured an explicit discussion […]
Roblox Game Review- What Parents Need to Know
Roblox, first launched in 2005, has become and remains a very popular multiplayer online game for children 8 years old and up. It can best be described as Minecraft meets […]
Mappen App – Hot New App with Potential Safety Issues for Kids
Mappen – “”Make Something Happen”” is a social media application available on iPhone and Android devices. It is rated 4+ in Apple’s App Store. The 4+ age rating will mean […]
Sarahah App – What Parents Need to Know
Sarahah, an Arabic word that means, roughly, “”honesty.”” It is a free social media app popular with teens. Launched last year, anonymous messaging app Sarahah is no longer available on […]
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 […]
