Learn how you can see every iMessage your kid sends for free (Updated for iOS 10 – 2017) Click Here to Download Your FREE iMessage Monitoring Guide! So it is a new year and your kids and teens have their new shiny Apple mobile devices. Maybe it’s a new iPod touch for the young ones, a … Continue reading Monitoring Apple iMessages [Free Guide] →

Being a teen is difficult enough, but for those in the LGBT community the real and digital worlds can be even worse. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth experience nearly three times as much bullying and harassment online as non-LGBT youth. GLSEN, an organization which tries to create LGBT inclusion in schools across the … Continue reading Cyberbullying: LGBT Youth →

Snapchat has introduced a map feature that lets users track other people’s location in real time, raising concerns among many parents and internet safety advocates. What is Snap Map? The new location feature, plots users and their snaps onto a map so friends and other users can see where they are and what they are … Continue reading Snap Map: Snapchat’s New Feature →

Responsible Online Behavior (for parents!) Parents today are raising children who have never known a world without social media. It’s a part of their daily lives; it’s practically a part of their DNA. Though the internet is always available at their fingertips, parents can’t ignore their own contribution to the obsession. Just as parents model good … Continue reading Dear Mom & Dad: Please No More Selfies! →

Trying to eradicate bullying altogether often feels like a desperate attempt to bail water out of a sinking ship — especially with the rise of cyberbullying on social media. As a parent, you do your best to keep your child safe and to prevent them from bullying others. Unfortunately, there are several sneaky methods of cyberbullying that … Continue reading Sneaky Cyberbullying →

Today’s teens and young adults, sometimes called Generation Z, are the first generation to literally grow up online. The world of smartphones, tablets, and the internet are part of their earliest memories. There are both positive and negative consequences to this digital way of life. Many adults, including parents of teens, have only the vaguest … Continue reading Today’s Children: Growing up Online →

Wondering what your teens are into online as they approach summer vacation? Just keep in mind that this year’s graduating class is the last one in which most of the students were born in the 90’s! So, what is trending with them is definitely very different from what we considered popular activities back when we … Continue reading Teen Trends: Online in the Summer of 2017 →

It is a common observation among all of us parents that our children grow up way too fast! Combine that with the equally prevalent opinion among most of us that summers go by faster than any other season and you can end up with a startling conclusion: you only have 18 summers to spend with … Continue reading 18 Summers: Ways to Make Them Count →

Social media is a driving force in teenage life. Instant messaging, “selfies“, profile updates and “trending” pop culture are a way of life for the 92% of teens that browse the internet every day. Although, social media has the potential to be a powerful tool, its benefits are often overshadowed by its dangerous risks. While … Continue reading Boys at Risk: 3 Social Media Hazards →

Have you heard of the Blue Whale Challenge? The online world is abuzz about this frightening underground social media “game” that challenges teenagers to commit outrageous and harmful acts, leading up to suicide. The game has allegedly caused some teenagers to kill themselves. There are also other, equally dangerous, games and challenges circulating the internet. … Continue reading The Blue Whale Challenge: Fact or Fiction? →

People have long said that children are children the world over. They all laugh and cry, they all throw tantrums, and they all move through the same stages of human development. Over the last few years, they’ve grown to have something else in common: the smartphone. Children of all ages all over the world have … Continue reading Smartphones: Uniting the World’s Children, for Better or Worse? →