TechMamas

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.

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.

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.

The headline may seem a bit inflammatory, but it's a sincere suggestion coming from 10+ years of observing and participating in the online-safety field.

Three up-to-the-minute developments – fresh data on sexting from Pew/Internet, an important podcast about technology & developmental behavior among teens, and a summit held by the National District Attorneys Association and the National Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse.