by admin | May 5, 2015 | Distracted driving
Memorial Weekend, proms, graduations, and summer approaching – all times when more youth will be behind the wheel. Sure, our teens know they shouldn’t text and drive – and we have preached forever about drinking and driving – but are they...
by admin | May 2, 2015 | Social media
I write frequently about respecting age restrictions, especially as it pertains to social media sites. Popular sites such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter all clearly state you have to be 13 year-old to have an account – yet some parents have allowed their...
by admin | Apr 28, 2015 | Cyberbullying
Maybe your child is a victim of a cyberbully. May 7th, 2015 is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Whether your child is a victim of a bully or someone that inflicts emotional or physical harm to someone else, you need to take the time to look...
by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | Cyberbullying
We have discussed this for a long time, tweens jumping on social networking sites that clearly state they must be 13 years-old to join. Parents will sometimes cave to their tweens begging (peer pressure from the tween) – or the tween will find a way around...
by admin | Apr 24, 2015 | Civility
One of my favorite organizations, #iCANHELP, has a message to share for a special day coming soon – Mother’s Day: Sacramento, CA – National nonprofit #icanhelp is launching a campaign for Mother’s Day to show that My Mom Rocks. During the month of May we...
by admin | Apr 20, 2015 | Parenting Blogs
We have special days coming soon, Mother’s Day and shortly after that is Father’s Day. I remember being young, and of course as a child money is never something of abundance, one of the best gifts you can give your parents (besides your time), was...
by admin | Apr 17, 2015 | Parenting Blogs
With experts saying that adolescence is the period when most children encounter drugs for the first time in their lives, parents of young teenagers are rightly worried. It has also become more important than ever for parents to have open conversations with their...
by admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Cyberbullying
I recently received information on a new app, and in full disclosure, I haven’t tried it yet but in today’s society of e-venge – I would say there is a place for it (and it’s free). Social Prenup App Seeks to Prevent Revenge Porn and Online...
by admin | Apr 11, 2015 | Online reputation
In addition to the latest PEW Research on Teens, Social Media and Technology 2015, that shared statistics that our teens are connected to social media frequently – and up to 24% said it is constantly, it was refreshing to see that at least 60% of parents are...
by admin | Apr 9, 2015 | Social media
Facebook is the most popular and frequently used social media platform among teens; half of teens use Instagram, and nearly as many use Snapchat When I read that on the overview of the latest PEW Study titled, Teens, Social Media & Technology 2015, I did chuckle a...
