Tag Archives: Parenting Tips

The Digitally Aware Parent (DAP): When a Kiss is Not Just a Kiss

It wasn’t that many years ago that Valentine’s day brought a lot of pressure to couples to “do the right thing” and buy the gift appropriate to how the “holiday” was viewed. I know my wife could care less and would rather I get the dishes done and help with the laundry throughout the year …

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‘Sextortion’ on the rise: Are your kids safe?

By now, most of us have heard stories about the increase in teen sexting—when cell phone and Internet users create and exchange provocative and nude sexual images of themselves using their cell phone or computer’s built-in digital camera. In a 2009 survey from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, one out of …

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Facebook, Foursquare and Geolocation, OH MY!

Reports out today suggest that Facebook may have partnered with Localeze, a local search provider that provides Twitter’s “places” directory, to debut a new geolocation “check-in” feature in the next couple of weeks. Geolocation (in brief): Geolocation provides the real-world geographic location of an object (like a cell phone or other Internet-connected device).  So a program …

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