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Bad Things Happen to Good Parents: Digital Parenting Tips

Tony Loftis | Posted 03.26.2013 | Parents
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Tony Loftis

"Answer me this -- do you know who your child made friends with on Facebook yesterday?" Tim Woda, co-founder of UknowKids.com, poses this question whenever he discusses Internet safety with concerned parents.

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5 More Questions to Ask Your Kids About Their Digital Life

Tony Loftis | Posted 04.30.2013 | Parents
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Tony Loftis

Talking with your kids about what they do online should be as natural as asking about what they did in school and as important as the other really big talk.

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5 Questions to Ask Your Kids About Their Online Life

Tony Loftis | Posted 04.21.2013 | Parents
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Tony Loftis

Studies show that parental involvement is the number one factor in keeping kids safe online. As with any other activity, understanding what our kids do online means being involved and asking questions.

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How to Talk to Your Kids About Their Online Life

Tony Loftis | Posted 04.02.2013 | Parents
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Tony Loftis

The whole point of global connectivity is that information is everywhere. If your children don't want you -- or grandma, their soccer coach or their secret crush -- to read something or see a picture of it, it most certainly doesn't belong on the Internet.

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How To Protect Your Kids From Facebook Sex Offenders

Posted 01.25.2013 | Parents
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By: Leslie Meredith Published: 01/24/2013 05:51 PM EST on TechNewsDaily Can sex offenders be barred from Facebook? The jury is still out. A fed...

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Almost All Kids Under 2 Have A Digital Footprint

Posted 01.10.2013 | Parents
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By: Leslie Meredith, TechNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 01/10/2013 12:49 PM EST on TechNewsDaily LAS VEGAS — Moms will have more to worry ...

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Digital Citizenship & Media Literacy Beat Tracking Laws and Monitoring

Larry Magid | Posted 10.30.2011 | Technology
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Larry Magid

Regardless of whether you use parental monitoring tools, the most important child protection "software," is not the application running on the device or in the cloud, but the software running on that very adaptive computer between the child's ears.

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