by admin | Jul 24, 2012 | Parenting Teens
Your teens and you probably have more in common than you think in today’s technological world. For one, you are both probably tuned in to the latest advancements in technological gadgets, be it cell phones, home entertainment systems, music, and more. But is...
by admin | Jul 21, 2012 | Internet Safety
This has been a debate for years and the answer comes back to when safety trumps privacy… Especially now as technology is in the hands of every teens and many tweens, parents need to be in tune with how are teens are dealing with peer pressure, friendships and...
by admin | Jul 18, 2012 | Internet Safety
Unless you are going to move to a lead-shielded cabin in the woods, surrounded by an electromagnetic force field, your children are going to find their way onto the Internet. There are products out there that will help keep them from stumbling across (or purposefully...
by admin | Jul 17, 2012 | Parenting Teens
Encouraging your teens today is part of parenting. Every parent wants to see their child succeed. With all of today’s technology there are many ways social media and social networking can help and in some ways hinder (if they are not careful with what they...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Cybersafety
Parents know the importance of protecting their children from danger. It’s practically embedded in their DNA. That’s why parents put plug covers on outlets when they have toddlers in the house, keep car keys away from elementary school kids, and maintain a...
by admin | Jul 2, 2012 | Internet Addiction
Parents today have no shortage of things to worry about when it comes to the online world in which their kids are growing up. From online predators, to scam artists and explicit pages, the web houses many threats to today’s youth. However, in addition to these...
by admin | Jun 28, 2012 | Parenting Teens
The Internet is contributing to the over-sexualization of our daughters. Dr. Albert Bandura, a leading psychologist states, “Must human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed,...
by admin | Jun 26, 2012 | Cybersafety
There’s one thing that all tweens have in common: They try to act like grownups. That means that they want to go to sleepovers, talk to their friends on the phone, and stay out as long as they can get away with. Another way they attempt to mirror adult behavior...
by admin | Jun 25, 2012 | Parenting
It is one of the most frequent comments I hear from parents today – their teen is addicted to the Internet – and mainly to the social networking. I often want to ask the parent what their social networking habits are? Remember, our kids are always...
by admin | Jun 20, 2012 | Parenting
AT&T Commissioned Poll on Families’ Mobile Behavior Sheds Light on Rules-Setting and Bullying; AT&T Offers Modern Tools to Help Manage The AT&T Mobile Safety study of 1,000 parents and 500 children by GfK shows that there’s an opportunity for...
