Tag Archives: parenting online

Parents, Whack-a-mole, and Cyberthreats

Stop. Think. Connect.  Enough Is Enough Joins Homeland Security Campaign Urging Families, Educators, and Companies to be More Vigilant Online WASHINGTON, DC— Enough Is Enough (EIE) joins the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Security Awareness Campaign for National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). “Stop.Think.Connect.” is a national public awareness …

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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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The Digitally Aware Parent (DAP): A Battle We Can’t Win Alone

I like to think of myself as web and social media savvy. I do it for a living. I keep track of new innovation and technology that affects my marketing and public relations (social media) work. In this, I feel I do a fairly effective job. When it comes to my kids’ use of these …

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Where Kids Play, Predators Prey

It’s an old saying, but a good one: “where kids play, predators prey.”  Before the advent of the Internet, we thought of pedophiles and predators as having access to children at park playgrounds, the mall and roller-skating rinks.  But today, kids are playing and socializing online with their peers, and predators and pedophiles are utilizing …

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