by admin | Feb 4, 2013 | Parenting Teens
The month of February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Prevention. Cell phones are a major part of our kid’s lives today. Technology is their life. Next to talking one-on-one, texting is currently one of the most instant forms of communication. While texting...
by admin | Feb 1, 2013 | Parenting Teens
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Prevention Month. You deserve to be in a safe and healthy relationship, whether in person or online. If your partner is digitally abusive, know their behavior is not acceptable and could be illegal. Check out our tips below...
by admin | Jan 29, 2013 | Parenting tips
Teens love it and some parents dread the thought of it. Spring break and bills! With the start of Spring Break only two months away (and summer soon after – I can’t believe it!), some kids and college students will be traveling abroad. Nothing can put a damper on...
by admin | Jan 27, 2013 | Security Online
Privacy — a word years ago that people valued. Today people still value their privacy only it is harder to come by. January 28, 2013 is Data Privacy Day. Data Privacy Day is an effort to empower people to protect their privacy and control their digital footprint...
by admin | Jan 25, 2013 | Cybersafety
We are the raw material of the new economy. Data about all of us is being prospected for, mined, refined, and traded… . . . and most of us don’t even know about it. Every time we go online, we add to a personal digital footprint that’s interconnected across...
by admin | Jan 24, 2013 | Parenting Teens
How many kids and teens received smartphones over the holiday season? Chances are you know someone who got a cool new smartphone or tablet over the holidays, most likely a teen or tween! But most of us don’t have time to go through the entire instruction booklet to...
by admin | Jan 23, 2013 | Parenting
Guest post by Ken Myers: When you think about teenagers you usually picture them with headphones in their ears and a phone stuck to their nose. However theses are often unhealthy and isolating behaviors that allow the teens to live in a world of their own creation. By...
by admin | Jan 18, 2013 | Online Safety
Every parent worries about their children both online and off. Who are they talking to online? Are they chatting with strangers? What information are they sharing? Does your teen or child know the boundaries? Let’s face it, you can never be safe enough or...
by admin | Jan 14, 2013 | Parenting tips
Has your child’s cell phone become an extension of her hand? Between talking, texting, tweeting, taking pictures, sending emails, and playing games, kids have access to an endless amount of entertainment with their cell phones. This can get exceedingly frustrating for...
by admin | Jan 10, 2013 | Parenting Teens
Post Newtown tragedy and we as a society not only mourn the loss of precious lives, we are debating what we can do from to prevent this from happening again. The conversation of gun control and mental health will continue for a long time. As someone that works with...
