by admin | Oct 27, 2014 | Parenting Blogs
With most people carrying smartphones today, it’s become easier than ever for parents to keep tabs on their little goblins. Cell phones today provide more than just the ability to call and check in on your children’s location. AT&T wants parents to be aware of...
by admin | Oct 26, 2014 | Internet Safety
October is National Cyber Safety Awareness Month (NCSAM). Does your teen know more about technology than you do? It is time to catch up and be proactive in keeping your kids safe both online and off. When safety trumps privacy – be a parent in the know! Teens have...
by admin | Oct 18, 2014 | Cell phone safety
It is quite common for kids, teens and younger, to have their own cell phones these days. With these new privileges there also should be some rules and boundaries set forth down by the parents. Here’s a few that they might consider. Pause the thumbs – When someone...
by admin | Oct 17, 2014 | Cyberbullying
Brace yourself parents! Is this a time to say, “It’s not my kid?” Though venting their displeasure regarding parental rules and restrictions is nothing new for tweens and teens, the current generation isn’t limited to bashing their parents to one friend at a...
by admin | Oct 16, 2014 | Bullying
Bullying and cyberbullying is an issue that everyone is concerned about. From verbal abuse to online harassment, words can be used as lethal weapons. On the same measure, words can be used to build people up too! Your words matter, keystrokes count — how will you use...
by admin | Oct 15, 2014 | Cyberbullying
October is Bullying Prevention Month. Gossip can be mean. Bullies can build on gossip and create stories and ugliness about a student that can go viral in seconds. In today’s internet age, gossip can be spread at lightning speed to hundreds, thousands or millions of...
by admin | Oct 14, 2014 | Social media
We can be bombarded with tragic headlines of how the Internet has created an ugliness in people. Cyberbullying, cyberstalking, online harassment, Internet predators, Internet defamation, hackers, identity theft and more. What about the positive? Finding old...
by admin | Oct 13, 2014 | Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and National Cyber Security Month. Both are extremely important topics that need to be discussed 365 days a year which was the focus of my recent post for Platform for Good, Family Online Safety Institute: Short Chats Are...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | Cyber Safety
October is National Cyber Safety Awareness Month which spotlights an array of digital security measures parents, teens, and everyone should be using and should be aware of to protect themselves virtually. It is not only about protecting yourself from the cyber-scams...
by admin | Oct 4, 2014 | Bullying prevention
Many parents, teachers and students will ask: “How can we get our schools and communities better informed on up-to-date cyber-knowledge so they are better able to support our children?” Let’s face it, our kids are usually ahead of us when it comes to...
