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Leigh Seger served as an Internet Safety Consultant with Covenant Eyes from 2009 to 2015. While at Covenant Eyes, she made a positive impact on individuals and families by helping them protect their homes against harmful online content.

Snapped: An Innocent App Goes Wild

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Dawn, mother of three, thought she had her bases covered with the Internet safety of her kids. But when a new app on her daughter’s phone led to private photos…

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“Think On These Things”: Talk to Your Brain to Change Your Life

“February is a suitable month for dying.  Everything around is dead, the trees black and frozen so that the appearance of green shoots two months hence seems preposterous, the ground hard and cold, the snow…

Think On These Things: The Power of Pure Thoughts

by Leigh Seger Ahhh, January…and those New Year’s resolutions. Statistics published each year show that the inspiration to stay on track dissipates quickly. In fact, only 8% of us are successful in keeping those resolutions. But…

Porn on Pinterest? The Darker Side of the Fastest-Growing Social Network

Pinterest is hot, pinned as one of the fastest-growing social networks ever. But the online pinboard has a dark side where people are showing off more than recipes and muscle cars. Created as a site…

Navigating the New Year: Beating the Resolution Blues

Black Friday…Blue Monday? Yes, Blue Monday, the date for the “most depressing day of the year.” Blue Monday is slated to arrive this year on Jan. 16. A date coined by Cliff Arnall, former researcher…

Digital Detox

Taking a Break From Technology to Spend Time with Family Step away from the eggnog…and the iPad—which may be difficult if you are like many families this Christmas. Adults and kids alike are having visions…

@ Your Own Risk: Managing Your Online Reputation in a Social Media-Saturated World

If you felt a twinge of regret about something you just posted online, well, you are in good company. With more than 800 million active users of Facebook, of which about half log in on…

Anime: The Other Side of Starry-Eyed

Anime and manga, even the ones for children, aren’t simple minded (Izawa, 1998). As a busy parent, you may not have thought twice about the Pokemon toy in your child’s latest Happy Meal. But Pokemon…