A Wired Family Update: Your Child & Twitch
In this video we will look at one of the fastest growing content and technologies being adopted by teens: video game live streaming platforms such as twitch and its [...]
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A Wired Family Update: The Impact of Bullying & Cyber-bullying on Teens & Tweens
It is hard to read or watch the news today without seeing or hearing stories concerning the sexual misconduct of entertainers, politicians, news anchors and others. However, [...]
A Wired Family App Update: Live.ly
By: Stephen J Smith Well, just when you thought the world had enough live broadcast apps — another has surfaced among the middle school set — and that app is [...]
Sextortion: Forwarned is Forearmed
Years ago, I recall hearing the Latin words, Praemonitus praemunitus. I was too young then to appreciate its significance. For those of you that are a bit rusty on your [...]
A Wired Family App Update: MY3
According to a July 2016 publication by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for children between the ages of 15-19 years old. [...]
A Wired Family App Update: CRISIS TEXT LINE
As I mentioned in our program on the MY3 app, an American Academy of Pediatrics report from July 2016, stated that Insert Graphic 2 suicide is the sec ond-leading cause [...]
Privacy: Fingerprinting, Stingrays and Stick Figures
The other day I pulled up behind a mini-van at a stoplight. I laughed at the stickers affixed to the driver’s back windshield: Hot Moms Drive Mini Vans; I’m speeding [...]
A Wired Family App Update: Hot Or Not
Growing up can be difficult. Teens are almost by design concerned with how they look, sound and whether they fit in. Many of today’s apps don’t help – as many teens are [...]
Managing Your Home’s Router & Network: Beam Me Up Grandma!
Recently I was speaking to a group of parents that were frustrated with the hoops they must jump through to manage their family’s wireless networks. So many households [...]
How To Secure Your Privacy Settings On Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & Vine
The question I get the most from parents and students generally relates to, “How do I adjust my privacy settings on social media”? Since there are so many [...]