As a parent of three wild boys, I’m very used to stopping them from indulging in their wildest fantasies. No, you can’t surf down the stairs. No, we can’t take every pillow off the couch, stack them outside, and jump off the roof. No, we can’t drive 100 mph through our neighborhood now or ever. […]
Snapchat Removes Speed Filter Blamed for High-Speed Crashes
Do you remember those laws against texting and driving? Do we recognize that driving with a laptop opened in the front of a car is illegal in most places? Can we discuss that teens used this feature for years in spite of laws against it and multiple fatal car accidents? No one in their right […]
Predation is a Feature
We live in a world of risk, especially digital risk. I don’t know anyone who has been physically robbed beyond someone breaking into a parked car. I know many people, however, that have been digitally robbed with stolen credit cards, SS numbers, the whole bit. The world of online commerce is just flat out tricky […]
Sex Parties on Spotify
A parent friend of mine who is very educated in tech safety and takes an active role with her kids called me the other day. “Do you know about Spotify,” she asked? I could tell something was wrong with the question, because of course I am aware that Spotify exists. She went on to explain […]
Kids Don’t Want This
There is a big reality that most parents need to realize if they’re going to ever help their children with tech addiction …
Candy Scam Revised
Warning kids to not take candy from a stranger made sense 50 years ago, and it’s still what makes sense today …
