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August 2010Protecting Your Child From Cyberbullying
July 2010Technology Addiction
June 2010Internet Safety Education & Parental Oversight
May 2010Demistyfing the Internet & Empowering Parents
April 2010Revisiting Cyberbullying
March 2010When is a Kid's Game Site not for Kids?
February 2010Facebook or Not?
January 2010Why Kids Can't Avoid a Good Scam
December 2009What Drives Kids to the Internet?
November 2009Facebook Savvy - Taking the First Steps
October 2009Teaching Our Kids, and Ourselves, to be Email Savvy
September 2009Setting Boundaries for Technology Use
August 2009Concerns About Friending
July 2009What are the Risks/Concerns for Our Children Posting Photos and Videos Online?
June 2009Teaching Our Children (and Ourselves) How to Determine Friend From Foe in Our Email In-Boxes
May 2009Our 2008 - 2009 Research on Children/Teen Internet Behavior
April 2009Our Recommendations for Children's and Teen's Use of Technology
March 2009Parenting Challenges in the New Age of Technology
February 2009Young Children and Social Networks
January 2009Living with Facebook; Realities of Friending
[Read our companion article The Impact of Facebook on Our Students
December 2008Online Games and Gaming
November 2008Hoping for a Better Future with the Election of a New President
October 2008Unscrupulous marketers target children through their game sites. Teaching Our Children to be "Advertising Savvy"
September 2008Wired 24/7 - Teens and Cell Phones
August 2008Best Practices for Technology and Media Safety
July 2008Creating Pathways to Educating Children & Teens on Technology and Internet Safety
June 2008Like Car Keys, Must Parents Collect Cell Phones at a Party?
May 2008Parental Control Software & our research
April 2008Talking to Teens
March 2008Deleting Online Content. Can it be done?
February 2008Childrens/Teens Search for Attention: The YouTube Phenomenon.
January 2008Suggestions for Talking to Your Child About Life Online.
December 2007Teaching Your Child to be Media Savvy. (& Additional info on Cyberbullying)
November 2007Suggested Rules for Children on the Internet. (Strategies for parents)
October 2007Cyberbullying
September 2007Fact or Fiction? Helping Our Children Understand Information Online: To Use Wikipedia or Not?
August 2007Cell Phones and Kids