Parenting Blog

These tips are provided by CommonSenseMedia.org: “Parent’s Guide to Protecting Kids’ Privacy Online.” “Understand the privacy issues that affect your kids.” “Learn the importance of privacy settings.” “Limit your kids’ online footprint.” “Help protect your kids’...

There’s lots of noise about Facebook officially changing its policy related to kids under 12 years old.  Facebook is creating software that would allow kids 12 and under to use Facebook with parental supervision, per the Wall Street Journal.  This will clearly allow...

As a father to an 8-year-old daughter, I can tell you I have always thought about keeping her safe.  You know, the father that would pretty much scare off any would-be boyfriend, the father who would not allow another human being to even contemplate hurting my little...

My mom died last week. I received tons of condolences from friends and family members. There was just one problem … Almost all of them were sent electronically. And not one of them gave me the comfort of the spoken word or the human touch. I sat all alone reading...

Smartphones are minicomputers that give our children instant access to the world and if not used correctly they allow the “world” access to our children. Children use their cellphones to watch videos, play games, download apps, and most importantly send and receive...

  There is a brand new site that just launched on Monday that parents need to know about.  It is called WeKnowYourHouse.com and it aggregates tweets by users who write about being home. In addition, it goes through the posts to finds the ones that include the...

  Guilty!! I text and drive and justifying myself by saying “I’m not under the influence”… Or am I? As I thought about it, the realization hit me that I really am under the influence…. Extreme? Think about it if I am going 75mph on I-95 and I am talking...

  While double-checking the meaning of trolling, I found one of the most important aspects of “trolling” is that the person who is being trolled doesn’t even know it! Trolling is an artful deception of a person, and its sole purpose is cruelty. Facebook recently...