Keeping Your Teen Safe online:
Part I – Part II – Part III

Twitter is an interesting social network, since you only have 140 characters to say whatever you want. You cannot post pictures or videos but you can post URLs to them. Many people have embraced twitter as a source to vent out their daily musings or to “follow” their favorite celebrities to get an idea of their life. Parents should be cautious as to how and why their kids are using Twitter. There is nothing bad about Twitter, in fact it has many advantages. The fact is teens need to be careful as to who follows them and especially what they tweet.

Keeping Your Teen Safe on: Part I – Part II – Part III

With millions of videos on YouTube, your teenager could sit at the computer for weeks on end watching different video clips. Although there is a lot of positive content on YouTube, there is also a lot of negative content as well. Although YouTube and Google strive to prevent negative content from remaining posted on YouTube, Racist, pornographic, and violent videos sometimes seep through the cracks. As with other sites that allow for interaction between different users, there is always the risk of meeting unsavory or dangerous people online.

Keeping Your Teen Safe on: Part I – Part II – Part III

Before 2004, if you had heard the word Facebook, you might have envisioned some kind of high school picture directory or a picture book that teaches how to draw cartoon faces.

Seven years and 600 million users later, Facebook means a lot more than that: for both you and your teen.

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As a parent, you likely fall into the “old school” category when it comes to video games and online gaming. It’s possible that these things didn’t even exist for most of your life. This state of mind can become a real problem when it comes to your child’s online gaming.

Until just a few years ago, playing on video game consoles like XBOX and Playstation meant inviting a few friends over and playing in a small group.

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