by Joanne Seymour | Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
I just read that former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi today was sentenced to 30 days in jail by a New Jersey judge for spying on his roommate during an intimate moment. Ravi’s freshman roommate Tyler Clementi committed suicide days later. The prosecution, which sought a...
by Joanne Seymour | Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
I see a lot of attention being given to bullying and cyberbullying. You can hardly watch TV without seeing a message on shows targeted to kids like the Disney channel. That is great and I hope that this increase in awareness can lead to change. But bullying has...
by Joanne Seymour | Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
With younger age limits, it’s expected Facebook also would roll out new functions to allow parents to connect to their children’s accounts, decide who they can friend, control what apps they use, and otherwise monitor their activity. Though these additional functions...
by Joanne Seymour | Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Do kids want their parents to create boundaries? What about digital boundaries? We were just debating that here at ParentingTodaysKids earlier in the week. Some of our younger staff felt “no way!” while others of us have the feeling that at the end of the...
by Joanne Seymour | Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Summer: Plenty of Time to Ruin One’s Image Summer is just around the corner. If you’re like me, you are busy downloading forms for camps and searching out activities and looking into ways to make sure that your kids have a great summer. Yes, I am a...
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