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Call of Duty Modern Warfare | A Parent’s Guide
November 13, 2019

Call of Duty Modern Warfare Parent’s Guide The rating below is based on the game content. Online interactions will always increase the risk of unwanted content. Violence – 1 Language – 1 Sexual Content – 4 Positive Message – 1 […]

Family Link’s New Features are Great but Still Not Good Enough
September 19, 2019

Android has updated their Family Link parental controls feature. The above video will take you though what they’ve done and give you some questions to ask yourself about using the service. Make sure your device is compatible. The site is […]

This Digital Citizenship Curriculum May Not Be as Helpful as You Think
September 09, 2019

I end every workshop and nearly every video and podcast telling parents to talk to their kids about digital citizenship, screen time balance, and internet safety. I often point them to videos or articles I have made or written that […]

UPDATED: YouTube May Eliminate Targeted Ads on Kids’ Videos
August 23, 2019

UPDATE 9-4-2019: This morning the FTC announced a 170 million dollar settlement with Google to end the investivations  of YouTube’s children’s data collection practices. At the same time YouTube announced they are rolling out funding for original child...

How “Kids Games” Give Predators Unmonitored Access to Children
August 20, 2019

I was contacted this week by a parent who was shocked to find that adults had been chatting with her young son in Disney Heroes, Battle Mode, an app rated 9+ in the Apple App store. She sent me screen […]

“Ninja” Moves Gaming Stream to MIXER and Twitch Shows Porn on His Channel
August 14, 2019

Ninja (Tyler Blevins) switched his streaming content over to Microsoft run “Mixer” on August 1st and has been migrating his viewers over to the service over the past couple of weeks. He took to Twitter to express his disgust over […]

FB Messenger Kids “Error” Allowed Thousands of Kids to Talk to Unapproved Strangers
July 23, 2019

Facebook Messenger kids was created to give children a safe place to communicate through text, stickers, video, and gifs with friends that are pre-approved by their parents or guardians. This week, however, the kids’ messenger app has had to send […]

Get Parental Control Tools for Cheap on Amazon’s Prime Day
July 15, 2019

Meet Circle, Our Favorite Home WiFi Parental Control Solution We love Circle. It monitors our kids online activity and protects them from happening upon websites they should be avoiding. I recommend Circle everywhere I go and to everyone I talk […]

ALERT! Kids Can Get to Pornhub from Snapchat in 5 Clicks
July 03, 2019

We don’t like Snapchat. It has a history of allowing content that isn’t appropriate for kids even though the app is rated 12+ in the app store. The app is built around disappearing messages that are a nightmare for trying […]