[Book Review] Someone Should Have Told Me
There is a need for good children’s books that tackle digital age subjects (like online safety, pornography, predators, etc.) head-on. Someone Should Have Told Me, by Holly-ann Martin, is a needed addition to that small but growing library of resources for parents to read to their kids. Martin is the founder and director of Safe4Kids, […]
Best video game review sites for parents
If you have a gamer in the house, do you know exactly what they are playing? Since you can only gather so much from the box cover or screenshots, you may feel in the dark about the games that consume so much of their time and attention. And if you aren’t a gamer yourself (or, […]
[Book Review] Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World
As parents, many of us struggle betweend two styles of digital parenting. Do I tightly monitor and filter my children’s online life, or do I allow them total freedom to discover and learn on their own. The concern of the former is that we’ll stifle and frustrate them, and we’ll be forever playing cop. The […]
[Book Review] Parenting in a Digital World
As a school resource officer, Clayton Cranford has experienced the darker side of technology in the lives of children and teens. Having worked on issues of cyberbullying, online predators, and sex trafficking, the “Cyber Safety Cop” (as he’s known) has distilled much of that experience into an immensely practical book for parents. Parenting in a […]