Culture Of Digital Cruelty Is Serious: Cyberbullying Is Not A Joke
I applaud Ashley Judd for standing up to online trolls. Cyberbullying and Internet Trolls I am very offended when I hear people say – move on from it, it’s no big deal, or the latest came from talk...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Kids Cyberbully And One Way You Can Help Right Now
Order today! By Galit Breen When I wrote Kindness Wins, a guide for teaching our kids how to be kind online, the (truly) only backlash I heard was that kids who bully come from parents who bully, so...
View ArticleHelp Prevent Revenge Porn and Online Embarrassment: There’s An App for That
I recently received information on a new app, and in full disclosure, I haven’t tried it yet but in today’s society of e-venge – I would say there is a place for it (and it’s free). Social Prenup App...
View Article#MyMomRocks Challenge
One of my favorite organizations, #iCANHELP, has a message to share for a special day coming soon – Mother’s Day: Sacramento, CA – National nonprofit #icanhelp is launching a campaign for Mother’s Day...
View ArticleWhy Age Restrictions Matter on Social Media
Should your tween be allowed on Facebook? We have discussed this for a long time, tweens jumping on social networking sites that clearly state they must be 13 years-old to join. Parents will sometimes...
View ArticleIs Your Teen Mean To Others Online? Is Your Child A Cyberbully?
Online harassment can lead to offline issues. Maybe your child is a victim of a cyberbully. May 7th, 2015 is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Whether your child is a victim of a bully...
View ArticleCyber Crimes: Protect Your Children from Online Dangers
Online social networks are part of daily life, especially for kids and teens. Unfortunately, these networks make for easy bullying. How do you protect your kids from cyber threats? Cyberbullying...
View ArticleCompassionate Cartoons About Cyberbullying and Bullying
By Kelly Kamowski My daughter was cyberbullied for being chubby in middle school by a girl she truly thought was her friend. My son was shoved in the hallways and called a fag in middle school and...
View ArticleCyberParenting: Role Models Matter
It might be something you say off-the-cuff while you are driving or cooking. It may even be the way you greet a waitress or hold the door for someone behind you…. your children are watching you and...
View ArticleCyberbullying Laws and Bystanders Becoming Upstanders
As cyberbullying continues to be a major issue for many people of all ages in the United States, New Zealand’s government has passed a law designed to protect children from cyberbullying. The Harmful...
View ArticleLessons In Digital Parenting and The Role Social Media Plays
Mom on social media. It’s not only youth that love the Internet, earlier this year PEW Research shared that 52% of adults online are engaged in social media with Facebook as the most popular. We have...
View ArticleFake Social Media Accounts: The Findings and The Fixes
Guest post by Janita Docherty How do you view your social media world? The first thing that springs to mind is communication. Communication with your friends, family and other users in groups and...
View ArticleCyberbullying on the Rise?
Whenever I see these headlines I want to cringe. The fact is, it’s sad we need headlines to remind us to continue to be kind to others, to continue to discuss with our children as well as our friends...
View ArticleGeneration Facebook: LIKE to Dislike
We officially live in a generation Facebook society. No matter what age you are, from 13 (and I dare say younger) to 80 (and even older) everyone loves to LIKE Facebook. You may be watching the news on...
View ArticleCyberbullying Prevention Starts With Friend to Friend Support
In a recent survey released by Vodafone, 43% of teens believe that cyberbullying is a bigger problem than drug abuse. So when we hear phrases such as, death by humiliation, it’s not a joke. According...
View ArticleSocial Combat: Parents Underestimate the Digital Warfare Online
Being 13 in the 70’s with no devices. #Being13 in the 70’s could be described as awkward, scary, shy, weird, strange, lonely, nerdy and other adjectives that thankfully were not being judged by “LIKEs”...
View ArticleCyberbullying Prevention and Digital Safety for Teens and Tweens
Can you guess what crisis is affecting 25 percent of our children today? It’s not ebola or drug addiction. We can rule out measles and depression, because the answer is not a disease at all. The answer...
View ArticleSocial Media Safety Habits Teens Ignore
As social networking is growing not only with our youth, but with our adults too, it’s time we start talking about some bad habits that started early in the social media years and try to undo these...
View ArticleCyberbullying Prevention Month Round-Up
We have constantly said that although October was Bullying Prevention Month, we also consider it Cyberbullying Prevention Month, we have to continuously discuss awareness and educate our communities on...
View ArticleSurveys: Teens, Tech, Parenting and Cyberbullying
This month several surveys and reports have been released on tech, parenting, teens and cyberbullying. Starting with the simple one that came from iKeepSafe, which was funded by AT&T, it focused on...
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