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Unfortunately, bad behavior is prone to proliferating online—often fueled by people we call “trolls” and “griefers,” who get a kick out of acting badly online. If you want to protect your kids from their unwanted influences, it first helps to understand a few important points, as we note [...]
It’s a unique time: We can learn nearly everything there is to know about everyone (and any organization) in minutes nowadays – at least, the details that are worth mentioning online – just by using a search engine. Google, Bing, Ask.com and other Internet services have revolutionized how [...]
While researching for our e-book, Parenting High-Tech Kids: The Ultimate Internet, Web, and Online Safety Guide, we learned a lot about parenting in our high-tech world. Our Modern Parenting online series has already covered subjects such as X and X, and now we’ll lead into the dangers of online addiction, and [...]
Teaching your kid online etiquette might be simpler than you think. After all, only 5% of what children learn is from direct instruction: The other 95% comes from behaviors that are modeled for them, according to Pam Leo from the Natural Child Project. While these numbers may seem [...]
Perhaps the most valuable piece of currency on the Internet today is personal information. Just as in real life, it needs to be zealously guarded and protected from falling into the wrong hands, as we point out in Parenting High-Tech Kids: The Ultimate Internet, Web, and Online Safety [...]
What’s the best way to communicate with today’s kids – especially those raised on a steady diet of social networks, apps, and online technologies? The answers aren’t always simple, as we point out in our bestselling book Parenting High-Tech Kids: The Ultimate Internet, Web, and Online Safety Guide. [...]
As we discovered while researching recent bestseller Parenting High-Tech Kids: The Ultimate Internet, Web, and Online Safety Guide fear of the unknown often leads well-meaning and concerned adults to outlaw, block or ignore new developments in hopes that the perceived problem will simply go away. But guess what? [...]
As a parent of a young child, you’re probably wondering what types of technologies, apps, and devices are OK for pre-schoolers to consume. After all, technology is everywhere these days from cell phones to computers, tablets, and video games—but some high-tech options are more appropriate for older children. [...]
As your kids enter their socially awkward middle-school years, they’re not only growing into respectable members of society, they’re also officially entering the digital domain. At this stage, they’ll begin securing their own e-mail accounts; instant messaging and chatting; and, potentially, taking possession of their very own mobile [...]
As we’ve noted in several articles and research reports, kids can now be reached almost anywhere thanks to mobile phones. Today’s portable devices offer a host of other connected options, but still retain the standard ability for kids to call each other and chat. There are even programs [...]
