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When your teenagers were born, you were probably getting your first cell phone and your computer still greeted you with “You’ve Got Mail.” It is no surprise that teenagers would rather text than talk, would rather Google than research and rely more Twitter than a newspaper. By staying on top of the latest technology trends [...]
Facebook recently launched a whole new way to share information with the world with their new subscriber feature. On Facebook, there are two types of people, your friends and the rest of the world. Typically, your friends get your updates, photos, etc. and you, in turn, receive theirs. Now, Facebook has opened up updates to [...]
Note, this event is now archived for viewing at your convenience. Click Here for Details: http://prnt.es/PDPandora Internet safety is a topic that every parent needs to pay attention to in the 21st century, but it is especially important for parents that have kids who have started to live a digital lifestyle.This is a new age of [...]
Social media is no longer simply a form of entertainment or an online time waster. It is now an extension of every teenager’s life. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, 22 percent of teens access their social media site more than 10 times a day, over 50 percent access more than once a day. [...]
There’s a lot of talk going around that Social Media is a fad. People and businesses are claiming that the new phenomenon is nothing less than a passing phase that will be overtaken in the next few years. It’s both true and not true. The thing is that Social Media is a new tool in [...]
This part two in a two part series on Internet Predators, courtesy of Ken Shallcross from www.pcpandora.com. Part One is located here. For three years I have maintained a weekly series on my blog (www.blog.pcpandora.com) called Wacky Internet Predator Wednesdays. The title says it all. Every week I round up the stories that report on [...]
This is part one in a two part series, provided courtesy of Ken Shallcross from PC Pandora. As we make way into this second decade of the 21st century, parents need to wake up to the realization that the Internet is a main component of every day life, especially for our kids. But just because [...]
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 [...]