Tag Archive for ‘social networking safety’
Privacy: 8 New Year’s Resolutions for Protecting Your Privacy Online
Happy New Year! With 2011 off to a great start, we thought now would be the perfect time for a refresher course about basic online privacy protection. In fact, this would serve as a wonderful opportunity for parents to sit down with their children to review how we can all stay safe online. To jumpstart [...]
Cyberbullying: California Takes Aim at Cyberbullies with New Law
Remember the days of prank calling? …like that time you and your friends pretended to be somebody you didn’t like in school so you could order 10 pizza pies delivered to their home? Or what about that time your dad impersonated a police officer when he called the girl who was bullying you to scare [...]
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 [...]
For Parents: Is your Teen or Tween Too Sexy For Halloween?
You may have noticed that Halloween costumes for children have become increasingly provocative in recent years, especially for young girls. Popular costumes for teens and tweens like nurses, sailors, rag dolls, and fairies now have sexed-up spins and leave nothing to the imagination. These risqué outfits include corsets, short hemlines, low necklines, thigh highs, mini [...]
How to Be Friends with Your Teen on Facebook: Tips to Avoid “Unfriending”
Today we welcome a guest blog post from Vanessa Van Petten, youthologist and teen author of the parenting book “You’re Grounded!”. Vanessa manages RadicalParenting.com, a parenting blog written by 119 teen writers, ages 12-20 to help parents and adults get an honest and open view into the world and mind of youth. Van Petten’s work [...]
Is Your Kid Giving Out Too Much Info On Facebook?
Here’s a guest post from Parent Talk Today writer Kathy Sena who is the mother of a teenage son: Not long ago I saw something on Facebook that parents should know about. Some middle-school kids, who may not necessarily list where they live on their profiles, are joining Facebook groups with names like “Run Day [...]
Social Networks: Should Teachers “Friend” Students Online?
It’s all over the news lately. Several school districts around the country are deciding whether to instill social networking policies, as teachers and students connect online on sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. After three teachers in New York City were fired for allegedly flirting with students online, the New York Post nicknamed the recent [...]
Study: Social Network Privacy Concerns by Parents and Teens
Privacy organization Truste recently published results of a study they conducted on the privacy habits of parents and their teens on social networks called “The Kids are Alright” [Improvement Needed]. The study reports a mix of good news as well as worrisome news for parents with kids using social sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter [...]
Privacy: TechCrunch Reports Facebook Privacy Breach
Earlier this month, the popular technology blog TechCrunch posted a video which demonstrated a major security blunder on Facebook. In the corresponding blog, writer Steve O’Hear described how he was able to view other Facebook members’ private chat conversations with just a few clicks. Facebook later issued the following statement: “For a limited period of [...]
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