Tag Archive for ‘internet safety for teens’
Is Your Teenager Armed with New Technology this Year?
Many parents gave their children iPads, cell phones and computers this past holiday season. Hopefully, along with these gifts of advanced technology, those lucky teenagers were also given good guidelines on being safe online. Keeping children safe is top priority for parents and it’s important that parents stay diligent at keeping a close eye on [...]
Teens and Online Shopping Safety
The gift of giving is just a click away in our hi-tech world. Online shopping continues to rise in popularity especially during the holiday season. Online shoppers in the United States will spend $54.47 billion this holiday season, up 16.8% from $46.63 billion last year, according to a new projection from eMarketer. These days it’s [...]
Could Wikileaks Postings Jeopardize Your Child’s Future?
The news about Wikileaks and the potential threat to our national security is making headlines throughout the world. If you haven’t yet had a conversation with your child about Wikileaks, but you believe he or she is talking about it with friends or at school, it may be prudent to have a conversation about social [...]
How to Monitor Your Teen’s Online Activity
Today’s guest blogger is Staci Perkins, a tech-savvy mom of two social media-using teenage boys, a tween girl who’s constantly connected to her cell phone, and a fourth grade boy who is just venturing out to (cyber) space. As technology evolves at lightning speed, it’s difficult to keep up with what’s out there in the [...]
Cyberbullying: A Pocket Guide for Parents of Bullied Kids
Six high school football players from Marble Falls, Texas were arrested last month after allegedly threatening another football player from a rival school district via cell phone. The harassment came in the form of text messages which police say contained homophobic slurs and were “vulgar and obscene” in nature. To their credit, Marble Falls High [...]
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