Reports reveal new concerns to our children plugging in: Kids may be robbed from learning face-to-face interaction jeopardizing empathy, social skills, communication as well as crucial family time. Research and solutions I shared on the TODAY Show. The unique challenges of parenting plugged-in kids Our children are called the “Net Generation,” and rightly so. After [...]

Parenting advice to help us monitor and stay involved in our kids’ online world and increase their safety. Shocking statistics that confirm that we better supervise closer, the difference between monitoring and spying,  and spy-free strategies and to help us do so REALITY CHECK: The latest estimates show that 93 percent of teens 12 to [...]

Troubling research about our kids’ lack of online smarts and predators’ new grooming techniques to lure them. Advice based on new studies to keep kids safer online and parents and child givers better educated in those findings so we can Studies show that predators are using more subtle and savvier ways to “befriend” kids including [...]

A special report on the impact of technology on our children and advice for parenting our Generation Text kids in today’s digital world. Reality Check: The average 8 to 18 year old is now plugged in to some kind of digital device an average of 7 1/2 hours a day [Kaiser Family Foundation survey]. The [...]

Study uncovers solutions that may help kids be less likely to be victimized online Just mention two words: “Online Predator” to a parent and be prepared for a full-blown panic attack. Few things are more terrifying than envisioning our kids being recruited for sexual relationships by some unseen force. Though we can ever fully protect [...]