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: Your Child & The Dark Web
Over the past year, I’ve heard several questions from students concerning the dark web. Three years ago I doubt any teen or tween had ever heard of this alternative [...]
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: Tumblr
I’ve been using Tumblr to distribute my articles for about two years. However, I’ve spent very little time reading other people’s content… until recently… and [...]
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 [...]
The New Pokémon Go App: Remote Trap, Dead Body and Other Family Fun
Just when you thought there was a lull in the onslaught of apps for your child’s device – out pops Pokémon Go. On the surface, this new virtual reality app is a fun and [...]