A blog that discusses parenting and technology gadgets, news and general rants.
Information about “Internet Monsters” and how parents can incorporate some safe practices into their family’s lifestyle to make sure their kids are protected from these predators.
I inadvertently deleted more than 4 GB of pictures and video of our 10-month-old girl. I can’t recreate her first smile, laugh, or dip in the swimming pool, but the gut-wrenching feeling I’d had a few years before didn’t come.
Two milestone documents out of the UK - one requested by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the other a set of guidelines for social-networking-service best practices - have just been released. Both are relevant wherever young people are online, including in the US, and haven't seen a comprehensive Net-safety report since Web 1.0 days.
We value a good first hand review as much as the next mom so we’ve created the TodaysMama Blogger Review Board. This month, they tackle Mozy’s online back up service - see how their experience stacked up.
A lot of sexting numbers have been tossed around the airwaves after four separate national studies. Let’s remember that there are two sets of concerns, here: legal and social, both deserving of respect.
No comparative study has been done, but - having recently traveled around the world for 10 months and talked with people involved with children's online safety in a number of countries - I can tell you more than impressionistically that no country has experienced an extended technopanic about predators on the social Web quite the way the US has.