VIDEO: Parents are you wondering: When is my child ready for a smartphone?

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Social Media Recap – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

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Here's what you might have missed in social media in the last week..... Ellen Breaks Twitter Minecraft Movie How to Lose $80K In One Facebook Post Sex With A Hot Pocket The Good Ellen Breaks Twitter Ellen DeGeneres has perhaps…
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The Barrel Has No Bottom : Yik Yak Review: Another Anonymous Social Media Site Perfect for Cyberbullying & It’s Worse Than Ask.fm

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I've realized that the barrel has no bottom. There will be no scraping the bottom, because there will always be another app or social platform to discuss which tops (or bottoms) the potential ugliness of the previous one. In honor of Safer…
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Parents: Teach Media Literacy to Children; Consume Worthwhile Media FIRST: 100 Books Every Human Should Read

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As I travel around the US teaching internet safety to students, parents, and school districts one of the central topics of discussion is this idea of "media literacy". What is media literacy? As consumers of media we need to understand when…
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I Disagree Completely With HuffPost Article – Here’s What You Should ACTUALLY Do If You Catch Your Kid Sexting

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Rachel Busman, PsyD recently published a Huffington Post article called Caught Your Kid Sexting, Now What? Dr. Busman makes great points related to parent education; a point I stress when teaching parents, students, and school districts.…
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