"What is rape, mom?" My 12 year-old daughter asked as I got back in the car following a very quick pet store pick-up.

"Where did you hear about rape?" I asked, trying to recover from the jolt and buy a little more time to formulate my answer.

"Oh,...

I've just read an excellent post by Andrew Couts of Digital Trends, perhaps one of the most underrated of the many fine websites that keep an eye on consumer tech. Titled 'Who Killed Privacy? You Did,' Couts' article looks at how much personal information the average...

At PTA and other parent forums around the country, there's an ongoing discussion around the topic of Internet safety and the ubiquitous digital world of our kids. Smartphones on school buses, iPads in the classroom, Wikis to cooperate on projects, S Drives to check for study sheets and home work......

"Can I have a Facebook account?"

If you're a parent and you haven't yet heard that request, then it's only a matter of time. And while you may be able to push back for a while, it's almost inevitable that the "everyone else has one" or "I'd like to...

It's a recurring theme in surveys on the use of technology: parents are asked about the threat posed to children by exposure to too much media and readily agree that there are risks. They are then asked about their own children and their assessment of the risk drops dramatically.

The...

When it comes to the case of ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner sending images of his private parts over the Internet, parenting blogs seem about equally divided over whether this represents a parent's "teachable moment."

Some say this is the perfect opportunity to demonstrate to kids that once you send a photo,...

The steps you can take to ensure that your children en la familia are safe and act responsibly in today's digital world will vary dramatically on how old they are and how much exposure they have to technology.

But if your children are still young, and they are starting to...