Technology

Social Media – Top Venue for Cyberbullying

May 9, 2013

From Facebook, to Twitter, to Foursquare, social media sites are everywhere and full of virtual land mines for our teens. They can quickly become a victim of cyber bullying. Anything they say can and may be used against them by a bully at school, a college admissions counselor or a future boss. There are numerous [...]

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Social Skills of My Eight Year Old Daughter in MMORPGs

May 6, 2013

Technological entertainment is a way of life for much of today’s societies. As I am a gamer myself, how am I to restrict social interaction from my eight-year-old who is coming into her own gaming? Thanks to the efforts of Disney, Sony, and a slew of other developers interaction for young children on the Internet [...]

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Help your child learn a second language

February 3, 2013

I’ve been teaching my two boys(3 and 5) French for almost a year. And since my accent and pronunciation are far from perfect, I’ve used the web as a way for my kids to hear French spoken by native speakers. Here are a few of my favorite web resources if you want to help your [...]

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Plants vs. Zombies vs. Mom

February 14, 2012

Plants vs. Zombies quickly became a family affair – well, with the exception of my husband, who shakes his head because he doesn’t “get” video games. Last fall I was given a copy of Plants vs. Zombies by PopCap, the makers of Bejeweled. Many readers here have heard of Plants vs. Zombies and probably beat [...]

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Is Your Smartphone Safe for Your Children

January 16, 2012

As a parent, you take many precautions to protect your children. You baby proof the house, you put up safety gates, you give them swimming lessons, and you teach them about stranger danger. You even activate parental locks on your TV and game consoles. But one precaution many parents fail to take is to make [...]

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Encouraging Safe Surfing Habits with Teens

December 7, 2011

Childhood is nothing like what we experienced when we were growing up, fellow Boomers. When I was a kid the only trouble we could really get into was with drugs, alcohol and — for boys way more socially advanced than I was — girls. Nowadays the online world has opened up a Pandora’s Box of [...]

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