by admin | Apr 9, 2013 | Bullying
On March 9, 2013 at World Golf Village, Dr. Michele Borba, our country’s leading Parenting and Bullying Prevention Expert, was the featured speaker for the Community Empowerment Series in St. Augustine Florida. With over 300 parents, teachers, students, guidance...
by admin | Apr 6, 2013 | Parenting Teens
Many teens will spend their summer vacations lounging on the couch, watching TV, or playing video games non-stop. However, nearly every one of them would like the opportunity to make money to spend how they want. Why not encourage your teen to start his or her own...
by admin | Apr 4, 2013 | Internet Safety
We wanted to follow up on our first post about the importance of removing your own information as well as that of your kids from Spokeo, and look more in depth at a couple of issues that arise when your profile information is available on Spokeo. The first is that...
by admin | Apr 3, 2013 | Security Online
It’s common sense that parents should have more wisdom than their children, but many teens won’t admit it; kids’ access to the digital world has granted them an information pipeline, although that doesn’t always translate into knowledge. Different decades are not the...
by admin | Apr 2, 2013 | Parenting Teens
Did you know that more than 50% of prescription drug abusers 12 and older obtain those prescription drugs from family and friends? In fact, some people looking to misuse prescription drugs find an easy source in their friend or family’s medicine cabinet. The good news...
by admin | Mar 28, 2013 | Parenting Teens
Adults are supposed to be the role models for their children–especially when it comes to our teenagers. Whether it is using drugs or texting and driving. So the results are in. According to a recent AT&T poll: · Nearly half of commuters admit to...
by admin | Mar 26, 2013 | Online Safety
This is a question that has been lingering for the past couple of years. We know that kids under 13 are joining, but should they be? The brave new world of technology has expanded so far that even your grandmother may have an account on the social networking...
by admin | Mar 20, 2013 | Online reputation
Spring break is here and many teens love to boast about their fun online. However parents need to step up to the plate and talk to their kids about what they post today can literally harm their future and affect their college of choice or a potential employment....
by admin | Mar 13, 2013 | Internet Safety, Privacy
As hard as a parent tries to put measures in place to prevent her children from danger online, it can all be for naught when the child goes to visit others, including grandma and grandpa. This is not to say that grandparents don’t want to protect our children from the...
by admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Bullying
Dr. Michele Borba, Parenting and Bullying Prevention Expert, was featured at the Community Empowerment Series in St. Johns County on Saturday, March 9th, 2013. It was a full house with parents, students, teachers, guidance counselors, principals, deans, therapists,...
