War, Poverty & Social Media
Many years ago, when I was a teacher, our staff seldom worried about students with mental health issues. They existed, but it was in small numbers. Today, concerns regarding [...]
Stephen Smith
Gary, 1983, Moore’s Law & Sex Robots
I think the year was 1983. My boss at NCR Corporation introduced me to a small, round gentleman with thinning hair and dark rimmed glasses named Gary. He was nearing [...]
Kindness: That Girl Might Be Somebody’s Daughter
In late November I injured my neck at the gym. Years of being a gym rat and the ravages of old age finally caught up with me – banishing me to the couch for over four [...]
Teen Boys, Date Rape & The Unintended Consequences of Porn
On December 7th, 3 men gathered in a house in York County South Carolina. Such a gathering would not be considered unusual – particularly during a time when the holidays [...]
Jim, Brian & Mother Theresa
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 [...]
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 [...]
2018 Teens Social Media Survey: Some Early Results
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 2019, [...]
A WIRED FAMILY UPDATE: Mom, Dad! Put Down Your Phone!
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 “family.” Yet in practice, that might [...]
A Wired Family Update: Managing Your Child’s iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
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. We will be providing a [...]
A Wired Family Update: Virtual Reality Porn & Your Child
The past few weeks we have been busy traveling throughout Ohio and Kentucky presenting to students, parents and healthcare professionals on the issues related to the constant [...]