Becoming A Digital Parent

by | Mar 24, 2019 | Digital Parenting

Majority of teens own smartphones, new survey shares how parents are managing to become cyber-savvy. Interestingly, in a new PEW Survey, the majority of parents (65 percent) have concern over the amount of time their teen is online. They are worrying that they are...

Critical Thinking: Consequences of What We Post

by | Feb 28, 2019 | Digital Parenting

Know that everything you put online (or a device) has the possibility of becoming “Public and Permanent”® – and expression coined perfectly by Richard Guerry, founder of the Institute of Responsible Online and Phone Communication (IROC2). Majority of...

Cyberbullying: Reporting Online Hate

by | Feb 18, 2019 | Digital Parenting

Digital resilience: Becoming a better online reporter. The majority of teens have come across racist or sexist hate speech on social media.  There are five-steps to building digital resilience. Prepare them for the ugly side of social media.Teach them...

Being A Cyber-Mentor to Your Teen

by | Nov 26, 2018 | Digital Parenting

Ways you can be a cyber-mentor to your teenager. Teens may always be an app ahead of us, or even more cyber-savvy than most parents, but there is one thing that technology will never be able to give them — our parenting wisdom. Being a cyber-mentor is not only...

Parenting In the Age of Social Media

by | Jun 3, 2018 | Digital Parenting

Parenting in the age of social media. There’s no app for parenting teens online today – yet according to a recent PEW Research survey 95 percent of teenagers have access to a smartphone while almost half, 45 percent claim they are online constantly. ...