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COVID-19 & A Wired Family’s New Virtual Social Media Presentation Offerings
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In March of 2020, we sent a survey to nearly 200 schools to determine if the COVID-19 virus would require that we provide additional options beyond…

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Protecting Your Child’s Private Information
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What can you do to prevent unauthorized access to your child’s data in this way? First and foremost, the user should never have inappropriate info on…

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Using iPhone & iPad Parental Controls
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One of the most frequent questions we get at our presentations for adults is how to use the built-in parental controls that come with smartphones and…

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Why & How To Manage Your Child’s Online Life
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Do you know anyone with ADHD? Many of us do. It was British pediatrician Sir George Still in 1902 who first identified what he called a…

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Social Media & The Adolescent Digital Tribe: Navigating the Teen World State
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The genesis of A Wired Family came about based on our observation of young people misusing technology: Specifically, how one young lady used technology to flirt…

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Password Protecting Your Child’s App Download Feature
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One of the most important means of managing your child’s online life relates to the apps that you allow them use. However, where do you start?…

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Jim, Brian & Mother Theresa
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Several months ago I was presenting to a group of professionals at the University of Dayton. The group consisted of teachers, counselors and school administrators –who…

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2018 Teens Social Media Survey: Some Early Results
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For the past month, we have been surveying students throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky related to their use of social media and technology. By April…

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A WIRED FAMILY UPDATE: Mom, Dad! Put Down Your Phone!
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If you were stopped on the street by a reporter who asked, “what is the most important thing in your life, most of us would say…

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A Wired Family Update: Managing Your Child’s iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
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NOTE: This video was recorded prior to the IOS 12.0 release. As such, many of the procedures mentioned will only work for earlier versions of IOS.…

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