What is Sexting? ‘Sexting’ is where a person takes a sexually-explicit digital photograph of him or herself or of someone else, and sends it as an MMS and SMS via a mobile phone. These images can then be posted on the internet or forwarded electronically to other people. Once posted on the internet these images [ Read More ]
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When I was a teenager, my mother was so intimidated by our VCR, she asked me to write down instructions on how to program it. She still calls for frequent tech support, often wanting to know how to make the “whozit” do the “thingie”. Even though VCRs have gone the horse-and-buggy route, this drama plays [ Read More ]
Categories: Digital Communication for the Analogy Generation
My husband and I have been strongly considering purchasing software to monitor what our children are doing when they are using the Internet (we have two children, 7 and 12). However, we are struggling with the notion that we would be ‘spying’ on their personal choices. We recognize the dangers of the Internet as well [ Read More ]
Categories: Parental Control Monitoring Software
Cyber Bullying
Comments Off on Cyber BullyingWhat if Cyber bullying happened to your child, would you be prepared to deal with the ramifications of this heinous offense against your teenager? Cyber Bullying occurs in most adolescents’ lives, whether they are the victim, the harasser, or by-stander. This blog is to create awareness and empower you to take a stance. Just to [ Read More ]
Categories: Cyber Bullying
(Comunic8N w/yr Kids—Yr Msg, Their Md) I’ll just say it: I hate text messaging. It takes me forever to find the right letters on my phone and I don’t like switching screens just to insert a semicolon. It costs 10¢ per message, which seems ridiculously wasteful, and it makes my thumbs hurt (although you can [ Read More ]
