Posts Tagged ‘#ryansblog’
Talking to Kids About Terrorism
I was not a parent on 9/11, but years later I am. I now have children and they will have questions about 9/11. You may be in a similar situation in your home, classroom or therapy office.
Read MoreWhat is the Sendit app and is it OK for my child?
I’ve been asked a few different times recently about the Sendit app and if it’s ok for kids to use. With everything in the world, the answer is not as easy as “yes” or “no”.
Read More“What Are Ghost Trails On Snapchat+ And How Do They Work?”
Snapchat is trying to make even more money. They have recently released Snapchat+ which is a subscription upgrade to the platform.
Read More“Parents sue TikTok after 7 kids die from profitable Blackout Challenge videos”
TikTok has an intelligent algorithm built into it that sends videos to your For You page that are based upon what videos you watch till the end. Curious kids will watch “challenge” videos to the end. Then they will be fed more of the same.
Read More“Meta Failed To Protect Instagram’s Child Models From Pedophiles”
I was meeting with Giovanna, my previous intern at Shape, and she shared with me a TikTok video of a woman discussing “parent ran Instagram accounts” for children as young as four. Then I stumbled upon an article from Forbes where they exposed over a dozen Instagram accounts with over half a million followers sexualizing child and teenage models.
Read More“FBI Pittsburgh warns about recent surge in sexual extortion cases targeting teen boys”
Teen boys are high on the target list and money is the goal of the criminal.
Read More10 Years of “Creating Responsible Kids on Smartphones”
10 Years of “Creating Responsible Kids on Smartphones”. What a great decade of educating others about social media and technology!!
Read More“Michigan Teen Latest Casualty of Sextortion”
Do you know what sextortion is? How could it impact your child?
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