by admin | Dec 6, 2012 | Online Safety
The National Retail Federation estimates online purchases for the 2012 holiday season will reach $96 billion, up 12 percent from 2011. Scammers, hackers, and “phishermen” have already taken their positions, waiting for the next unwitting shopper to...
by admin | Dec 5, 2012 | Parenting Teens
You hear about it all the time, a teen has started a great online business and it’s making tons of money, getting lots of recognition, and turning into something beyond anyone’s dreams. Now your teen has that great idea, or maybe just the drive and motivation, and he...
by admin | Nov 30, 2012 | Online Safety
In a time when Facebook and Twitter are the new normal for conversation, it is nice to hear that teens and parents are concerned about privacy issues online. A new poll finds that many parents have new concerns about their children and their privacy online. The Pew...
by admin | Nov 28, 2012 | Internet Safety
Picture this: It’s early evening. You’re starting to make dinner when your daughter asks you what the final score was in the OSU/UO civil war game. You don’t know the answer, so you tell her to look it up online. “No biggie,” you think. “She’s ten; she knows what to...
by admin | Nov 26, 2012 | Cybersafety
With many parents online shopping it also means more adults with not the same motives will be online also. Do your kids practice online safety measures? Children today are growing up with the Internet as a regular part of life, yet the World-Wide-Web was fairly new...
by admin | Nov 21, 2012 | Holiday gifts
Do you have that one person that is a struggle to buy for? Someone that has everything? The holidays are upon us and that means it’s time for families to come together and celebrate. What better way to celebrate togetherness than reading books. Papersalt, a...
by admin | Nov 12, 2012 | Parenting Teens
“I think my teen is abusing alcohol.” Every parent, at some point or another, comes across a fear that brings them to their knees: teen drinking. Unfortunately, statistics show that this problem is more common than most parents want to admit. An article on...
by admin | Nov 7, 2012 | Parenting Teens
Special guest post by Allison Foster: I have two children which are seven years apart. I was blessed that my oldest was a girl and that she is a strong child with high moral standards. I cannot take any credit for her being that way, it all the grace of God, she was...
by admin | Oct 30, 2012 | Online Safety
Special Contributor: Terri Williams Keeping your home warm doesn’t happen automatically, and neither does keeping children safe on the Internet. Both situations require keen observation, thorough preparation, and continued diligence to stop would-be invaders from...
by admin | Oct 29, 2012 | Internet Safety
If you are the parent of a teenager and you have a home computer, then it’s likely that he or she would be surfing the Web 24 hours a day — if you allow it. There’s also a strong possibility that your teen is hiding their online activities....
