by admin | Aug 9, 2015 | Online Safety
Device security is incredibly important in today’s world. This is evident when you hear about major companies and celebrities being hacked. Securing your device is necessary if you want to be sure your contacts, texts and data are all safe from unauthorized...
by admin | Aug 6, 2015 | Parenting Teens
I am someone that truly knows the gift of social media. The support it can give you when you are feeling down. The friends you can make and the groups you can join that have common interests. PEW Research just released their latest study on Social Media, Teens and...
by admin | Aug 4, 2015 | Internet Safety
Guest post by Janita Docherty How do you view your social media world? The first thing that springs to mind is communication. Communication with your friends, family and other users in groups and forums that share a common interest. The second is sharing. Sharing of...
by admin | Aug 2, 2015 | Digital Parenting
It’s not only youth that love the Internet, earlier this year PEW Research shared that 52% of adults online are engaged in social media with Facebook as the most popular. We have heard the rumors that teens are finding other social media outlets, such as...
by admin | Jul 25, 2015 | Depression
Today almost everyone, not only teenagers, are connected to social media. A Pew Research Center study found that 92 percent of U.S. teenagers use social networks at least once a day, with 24 percent reporting that they are online “almost constantly.”...
by admin | Jul 18, 2015 | Cell phone safety
What’s your ringtone? Maybe you have your phone set to silent but you have your notifications popping up so you can see them from the corner of your eye. Distractions. Many people today live connected to their device (and I am speaking about all ages) not only...
by admin | Jul 11, 2015 | Social Networking
My colleague and good friend Chris Duque has a phrase I love, #TechnologyDoneRight. He refers to it when we see the kindness and good things that social media and tech has done for many people and kids. Recently I wrote about how teens reached out with their digital...
by admin | Jul 6, 2015 | Cyberbullying
As cyberbullying continues to be a major issue for many people of all ages in the United States, New Zealand’s government has passed a law designed to protect children from cyberbullying. The Harmful Digital Communications law is only meant for the most serious cases....
by admin | Jun 30, 2015 | Online Safety
It’s the last day of Internet Safety Month. On the first day I asked, what was your priority? Of course, just because June is over doesn’t mean we stop thinking about online safety. This is a topic that should be in our daily conversations. It should be...
by admin | Jun 29, 2015 | Parenting Teens
By Christy Crandell The great thing about having a sibling, whether older or younger, is always having someone to talk to, play sports with and learn from. Younger siblings have someone to look up to as a role model, while older siblings have the opportunity to pass...
