Whisper App – Phenomenally popular app with teens and predators
Whisper app is a phenomenally popular app with teens. Whisper has a total of 17 billion monthly page views on its mobile and desktop websites with 250 million monthly users, […]
Cosmetic Surgery Games and Apps Aimed at Kids
There is a range of games available on iPhones and Android devices targeting very young girls with bright colors and fairytale characters. This nothing new. You look at the “”Tinkerbell”” […]
Parental Controls on Chromebooks (Update)
On January 12th, 2018, Google discontinued the Chrome Supervised User functionality for new users. The Supervised User account allowed parents to monitor their child’s activity on Chromebooks. Google says current […]
Discord app: What Parents Need to Know
If you find an app called Discord on your kid’s phone, you might be concerned. “”Discord? What’s Discord? I don’t want discord in my child’s life!”” It may not be […]
So You Want to Get Your Kid a New Mobile Device for Christmas?
” Here are some safety issues you need to think about. So, you’re going to take the leap and buy your lucky child a new iSomething. An iPhone, iPad, or […]
Harvey Weinstein, #MeToo, and Online Pornography
What does online pornography, Harvey Weinstein, and the #MeToo movement have to do with each other? Why is one of the biggest proponents and incubators of sexual inequality and sexual […]
New School Year with New Dangerous Apps
We are several weeks into the school year and you may be thinking the dust has settled. Unfortunately, new apps are appearing on our students’ phones causing issues at school […]
10-Year-Old Commits Suicide After Being Bullied: How to Prevent & Respond
A mother and father in Colorado say their 10-year-old daughter committed suicide over video of a fight with an alleged bully. Preventing a tragedy like this comes down to knowing […]
Parent Social Media Etiquette
We spend a lot of time talking about how children should act online; digital citizenship or online etiquette. Over the last few years, the need to teach children about appropriate […]
Be Your Child’s Pre-Frontal Cortex
This article could also be titled: “”Why Your Kid is Can’t Make Good Choices, So You Have to do it For Them.”” Earlier this year, I got a call from […]
