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New Mobile App that spots Pedaphiles

by Reference Article on March 8, 2011 · 1 Comments · in In the News, Youth & Technology

The BBC has reported on a new mobile app that helps parents spot adults posing as children. A mobile phone application which claims to identify adults posing as children is to be released. The team behind Child Defence says the app can analyse language to generate an age profile, identifying potential pedophiles.Isis Forensics developed the tool [...]

Disney brings Social Networking to 10 and Under

by Reference Article on March 7, 2011 · 0 Comments · in In the News, Social Networking

TechCrunch reports that Disney has acquired Togetherville, a Social Network for Kids Disney has just acquired Togetherville, a social network for kids 10 years of age or younger, we’ve confirmed with the company. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed at the moment. Togetherville, which exited beta last year, mimics the experience of adult social networking sites, i.e. [...]

Is Too Much Texting Linked to Unhealthy Behaviors?

by Reference Article on February 23, 2011 · 0 Comments · in General Parenting, Youth & Technology

Teens who are excessive users of texting and social networking sites are much more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors like smoking and binge drinking than their peers who are not excessive users, a new study says. Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine surveyed 4,257 high school students from an urban county in [...]

You Spent How Much for that Puppy on Your iPod?

by Chris Crosby on January 5, 2011 · 1 Comments · in Youth & Technology

A big thanks to Jay Ward, one of our readers, for submitting this article to Parent eSource. In a previous post I discussed the privacy issues associated with applications in Facebook (on a side note, one of our readers reported disabling 97 applications from their child’s Facebook account after reading our article). Today I want [...]

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Technology Highlight: Monitor Teens Driving When You’re Not in the Car

by Amy Kelly on December 23, 2010 · 1 Comments · in Youth & Technology

The other day, I had the privilege of interviewing Joh Fisher, Founder of Speed Bump, a phone application that is a teen driving monitor which allows parents to set their own speed limits “on local, secondary and primary roads”. The application helps, “keep your teen safe when driving or when out with friends”. Here’s the [...]

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Main Issues for Teenagers of Today?

by Eva-Maria on December 21, 2010 · 2 Comments · in General Parenting

Parent eSource contributor Eva-Maria has posted the following ideas about the issues that teenagers face today. Parents, please share your thoughts with us in the comment section. Teenagers today are probably better behaved than their parents were. I’ve come up with a theory. Drugs, alcohol, boy racers, tobacco and rock music have been around forever. In [...]

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Help Protect Your Teens Online

by Amy Kelly on December 14, 2010 · 1 Comments · in Social Networking, Youth & Technology

Socializing on the web has become a way of life for many older teens. 40% of young people visit websites like Facebook or MySpace on a typical day, and those who do hang out for an average of almost one hour (The Kaiser Family Foundation). The Potential for Problems: Many kids learn the hard way [...]