What You Need to Know About Your Kids’ Anonymous Apps
By Amanda Grossman-Scott Whisper. Secret. Shush. What do these words have in common? They all imply secrecy and privacy. They are also all names of apps currently available for anonymous information sharing as well. AfterSchool is an app that has been banned from the...
Teaching Your Children Self-Respect and Respect for Others
By Mary Ann Benson, M.S.W., L.S.W. Respect is defined as a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important, serious, etc., and should be treated in an appropriate way. (Merriam Webster, 2014) There are two critical components of respect that children...
Spying On Your Child: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Caron C. Andrews Our children are growing up in a virtual world that simply didn’t exist when most of us were kids. Do you know how to work all the devices and gaming systems in your home? We all need to. We also need to know what our children are involved in...
Creating Family Memories Outside of Screen Time
By Tawny Redford The typical American family eating dinner in front of the television has become an embarrassingly familiar version of ‘family time’ in our culture. Instead of our family dialogue centered on each other, our attention has pivoted towards our own media...
