by admin | Aug 20, 2020 | Online reputation, Online resume
Finding Your Teen’s Passion Does your teen love writing, film, arts, graphics, creativity? It’s been a difficult past six months, especially for teenagers. From boredom, to anxiety and even depression, young people are emotionally struggling with this new...
by admin | Jul 29, 2020 | Privacy
The New Classroom Imagine it is fall and your child is smiling away in in her new Zoom classroom, hair a mess, pajama shirt still on. From the corner of your eye, you notice another parent in another child’s square hold up her iPhone, poised to take a picture of the...
by admin | Jul 6, 2020 | Digital Parenting
Ten reasons kids should be online at an early age Much has been made of the potentially hazardous landscape for children that is the internet, and rightly so. Parents do need to be concerned about how their children make use of this valuable tool, and a valuable...
by admin | Jun 5, 2020 | Digital Parenting
7 ways to help your teen avoid bad habits on social media. You had to have seen this one coming: kids are picking up bad habits from their extensive use of social media. This can’t come as too big of a surprise though, because it stands to reason that something so...
by admin | Apr 29, 2020 | Online reputation
Online Reputation: A reflection of your character both online and offline. As we are witnessing unemployment rise, people are becoming more and more anxious and stressed about their future. This is all completely understandable — the unknown can be scary...
by admin | Mar 28, 2020 | Internet Addiction
Internet addiction, is it real? YES! Today we are facing a time when teen depression is on the rise. Young people are struggling with anxiety, stress and overwhelmed by peer pressure. They are completely immersed in their screens without considering their emotional or...
by admin | Mar 18, 2020 | Online Shaming
Social distancing shouldn’t be cruel. We are living in an extremely stressful and unusual times with the corona virus outbreak (COVID-19). With the majority of schools, restaurants, bars, retail stores, small businesses, etc…. closing – this means...
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Kindness Counts, Civility
Random Acts of Kindness Day is great time to emphasize the importance of humanity towards each other. At the same time, it’s a bit sad that we have to remind people to simply be nice to one another. In my book, Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate we...
by admin | Feb 7, 2020 | Cyberbullying
According to new research, cyberbullying can worsen symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young people. It’s not only about online bullying and harassment, social media use and screen time can lead to an increase in depression and...
by admin | Jan 17, 2020 | Cyberbullying
In an age where sending nudes has become normalized, we must educate young people on how to handle sexual content; sexting. A JAMA Pediatrics study showed that 1 in 4 teens say they’re sexting—witness the sexting scandals that have popped up in small towns...
