Knowing whether or not your child is having appropriate online activity or not is something that you will know best; although other family members, friends and teachers may also notice some signs that you don’t. While there are many potential signs to be aware of, I’ve tried to distill this down to 6 key signs […]
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How to Start Educating Your Kids About Online Safety
I’ve gathered a few tips for parents on how and when to start talking to your kids about online safety. It’s a good follow-up to last week’s article on 8 Ideas to Help Your Kids Communicate Safely Online. Start early. As soon as your kids start to use the computer is the right time to […]
8 Ideas to Help Your Kids Communicate Safely Online
This week I thought I’d go over some good tips to think about in order to help your kids (and maybe you) communicate safely online. Hint, they all involve talking to your kids, but also have some practical things to do. These are things to think about and hopefully do sooner than later. Talk to […]
10 Things to Watch out for When Downloading Apps for Kids.
I heard from another friend the other day about an opportunity that she had to work with her daughter on Internet safety. It started out with a question, a comment and a question: Who can see the pics that get posted in an iPhone app? For example… My daughter downloaded Fashion Freax and then uploaded […]
2 Tips on how Criminals Use Social Media
A recent story in Mashable describes a young woman in Australia who was helping her grandmother count some cash. She then took a picture of the cash and posted it to Facebook.  Of course, soon after that, the temptation was too great for 2 would-be thieves who stumbled across her Facebook post and decided they […]
How Social Media Marketing can be fresh every day
I’ve heard people say that they never have anything to talk about with regards to marketing their websites or products. That it’s always the same thing day after day and there’s never anything to talk about and that they’re too busy to see beyond the day to day activities that keep them busy. I would […]
