Media

By: Guest Blogger, Alyssa Benedict

We were thrilled to have received this guest post from our friend, Alyssa Benedict. Alyssa is an expert on female psychological development and a positive change-maker for youth. Here, she provides her own take on why parents should have the courage to stand apart from other parents and start questioning the content of the media we allow our daughters to be exposed to, particularly the popular Twilight Saga. Read the full op-ed >

Guest Blog: From the Editors at CloudParenting

If you have kids who are using the Internet, they need to be aware of the digital footprint they are leaving behind for other Internet users—from predators to potential employers—to see. Blogs, social media sites, and online forums, where kids can post information about themselves and others are often not as private as they think. Read more >

By: Marie Williams

Just as we have begun to get mobilized around addressing cyberbullying, along comes another threat. Social media, with its undeniable benefits, has recently been subverted to become anti-social with young people around the country using it as a tool to organize flash mobs that cause mayhem. As the parent of a teen, here’s what you can do. Read more >

Do the following scenes seem familiar? Your son wants to stay awake an extra hour to play video games; your daughter is glued to her cell phone, and constantly texting her friends; your child spends more time on Facebook than he does reading. Technology is evolving at a rapid pace, making it tricky for parents to set boundaries…

Teenagers and texting go hand in hand, but can kids text too much? According to researchers, the answer is yes.