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Toll Free Hotline for Questions about Online Safety
Are you a parent with questions and concerns about Internet safety? Parents…
Are you a parent with questions and concerns about Internet safety? Parents in the US have a toll-free number to call with questions about topics about the virtual world, such as social networking, chat, IM,…
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A Father-Son Relationship Strengthened Through Accountability
Recently, a Covenant Eyes member told me a story that has been…
Recently, a Covenant Eyes member told me a story that has been repeated quite a few times over the years.It is a story of a father and a son. The father (“Max”) and his 14-year…
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Helping Parents Understand Social Networking and Internet Addiction
The social networking phenomenon is accelerating at record speeds and isn’t likely…
The social networking phenomenon is accelerating at record speeds and isn’t likely to slow down any time soon. Research shows that 9-to-17-year-olds report spending almost as much time using social networking services like MySpace, Facebook,…
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Podcast: "Teens' Online 'Friends' Often Number in Hundreds" – NPR Interview (6 minutes)
Curious about privacy on social networking sites? Will society be more forgiving…
Curious about privacy on social networking sites? Will society be more forgiving of the “digital footprints” young people leave online? Does “privacy” mean anything when someone has a friend list numbering in the 100s? Robert…
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Cyberbullying: The New Playground
In a previous blog post, I wrote about one of the potential…
In a previous blog post, I wrote about one of the potential dangers of social networking—Internet predators. This popular topic comes with its share of myths, but when we strip away the misconceptions, parents and…
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Protecting Kids Online – The Myths and Realities of Online Predators
In a previous blog post, I wrote about the benefits of social…
In a previous blog post, I wrote about the benefits of social networking. Often the pre- and post-Internet generation divide creates a barrier of understanding. Why is social networking so popular? What is the appeal?…
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Why Social Networking? – An Introduction for Parents of Teens
The online world of social networking has encountered explosive growth. Take a…
The online world of social networking has encountered explosive growth. Take a site like MySpace for instance. Almost 4 years ago, MySpace had 2 million users. Nearly a year later they had 12 million. A…
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Free Speech and Pornography Censorship
One of the most common objections to Internet filtering is the protest…
One of the most common objections to Internet filtering is the protest against censorship. Certainly this is rich debate and we cannot get into all the details here, but I wanted to pass along some…