Should you let your child meet their Internet friend?

What I Miss Most From My Childhood

Ah, childhood. A simpler time. Nothing to worry about besides whose house to go to and what mom was cooking for dinner. I frequently find myself reminiscing about it. In the last few years especially, I get especially nostalgic for life before the technology controlled…

Do You Know What Virtual Kidnapping Is?

Your phone rang for the first time from an unknown number so you just hung it up. And a few minutes later the phone rang again, this time still an unknown call, but you decided to pick it up. “Daddy… Daddy I am scared! Help me!” you hear a young girl screaming…

Google is teaching kids to “Be Internet Awesome” with new game about online safety

5 Reasons You Should Be Monitoring Your Child’s Phone

Technology is now a part of childhood. Games are played on apps, not boards. Math problems are solved on iPads, and chalkboards feel more like a history lesson than a part of the classroom. Children today have upbringings drastically…

Finding a Balance — Privacy vs Monitoring Your Child’s Device

Raising children is difficult, and often means striving to strike a perfect balance. They need to eat their vegetables, but a cookie here or there won’t hurt. They need to do well at school, but you don’t want to push them…

Family Kidnappings Are Actually Happening: What You Need to Know

Some strangers talk to you on the phone asking for a large ransom or you hear your kid screaming and crying — are these what come first to your mind for a kidnapping scenario?

Kids Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep — and the Culprit May be in Their Pocket

Kids Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep — and the Culprit May be in Their Pocket

Kidnappers’ Perfect Hunting Ground: Social Media