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The Federal Trade Commission enacted The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule more than ten years ago, long before children even knew what a smartphone was. This Rule requires that operators of websites obtain consent from parents before collecting, using, or disclosing information from children under the age of 13. For most websites, including Facebook, this [...]
Summer is officially here and teens are all frantically looking for the perfect summer job. Facebook statuses abound with “Does anyone know who’s hiring?” and other references to the desperate need for a summer job. For most teens, the job hunt involves looking in the local mall, nearby restaurants, convenient stores, etc. However, many teens are [...]
Our teenagers text all the time. When they’re eating breakfast, they’re texting. When they’re walking down the hallways at school, they’re texting. And when they should be interacting with friends and family outside their bedroom, they’re texting them instead. It all started when teenagers started receiving cell phones from their parents in order for parents [...]
This article provided courtesy of CNN Health. Close to 1 in 5 young adults has high blood pressure, according to a new study, much higher than previous estimates of around 4 percent. “We wanted to look at the health of young adults in America , and the first thing we looked at was blood pressure,” [...]
A lot of complaining has been circulating the social network this week with the final arrival of Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Most exams are more than three hours long and many teens can take up to three in a day. Naturally, a lot of teens have been complaining of complete exhaustion at the end of this process. [...]
It’s been a very exciting week for teens as well as adults all over the country with the announcement of the two of the biggest news stories of the year occurring this past week: the royal wedding between Catherine Middleton and Prince William as well as the long-awaited death of bin Laden. This is all [...]
Easter is coming up and that means many teens are getting ready to break the Lent vows they’ve been holding strong to (mostly) for the past month. For a majority of teens this means reactivating their Facebooks, eating enough chocolate to make up for the break and being able to jam out to their iPods [...]
We are pleased to announce that Parent eSource is now in iTunes. Based on feedback we received from you, our readers and subscribers, we are expanding our content and delivery options for parents. The podcast feed can be accessed here http://prnt.es/pconnect Each episode will feature experts covering a topic that our readers have told us is most relevant [...]
It’s finally starting to look like Spring in most parts of the country. Since the weather is warming up for many teens, that means more trips to the beach, the pool and other outdoor activities for fun in the sun. This means that the issue of tanning is arising and many teens don’t seem to [...]