online safety
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Teach Your Kids Online Safety With Roblox
Our kids will be navigating the internet long before their frontal lobes are fully developed, which means they need lots and lots of practice figuring out what’s real, what’s not, what’s a scam, and what’s legit. Roblox, as part of its dedication to fostering online safety, has launched a free “digital civility” curriculum that educators…
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How Parents Can Get Involved On ‘Safer Internet Day’
You know what would be great? If every day were “Safer Internet Day.” There is a lot for parents to be terrified of when it comes to the internet: online predators, cyberbullying, the prevalence of incredibly graphic and violent pornography, and so on. But complete avoidance isn’t an option if we want to teach our…
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A Guide To Snapchat’s Snap Map For Parents Who Are Freaking Out
Letting your teenage children use social media can feel as though you’ve suddenly let them loose inside a scene from Trainspotting — there’s so much that could happen, and that’s scary, no question. The latest source of panic among parents is Snapchat’s new Snap Map, a map that lets users see where their friends are…
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Australians Are Really Terrible At Passwords
It’s World Password Day this Thursday! Do you know what that means? That’s right, it’s that time of year when we get to discover just how truly awful we are at the whole password thing. Oh, and how to improve, of course.
