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Teen Blogging: Beware!

Blogging isn’t just for us adult techno-geeks anymore! If you haven’t heard of MySpace.com, the number one (but certainly not the only) free blogging website used by teens today, chances are your pre-teen or teenager has! Some statistics suggest that children ages 13 – 17 make up over half of all internet bloggers today! Children as young as 9 and 10 years old are making themselves at home on these free blog websites, creating homepages filled with every personal detail including photos, lists of hobbies and interests, family details, location and income details and, frequently, blogs containing up to date … Continue reading →

Blogging Your Health: Pros and Cons

The other day, I was thinking long and hard about blogging your health: what to say, how much detail to give, who gets to read your posts. It’s a tricky issue, to say the least. Let’s look at some positives and negatives. The advantages of blogging your health can include: Ease. Make one post/update to your social networking site of choice and all your friends get the news at the same time. It’s quick and easy — and that’s good at a time when you may not have a lot of time and energy to devote to keeping everybody updated. … Continue reading →

Parents Need to Monitor Teens Online Usage

Teens these days are familiar with the Internet, they use it to buy gifts, do research, and also find friends. That is where the problem lies. Many teens reveal personal information like their name, address, school, age, phone number, photographs, and other personal details. While the Internet is an incredible tool, if used wisely, it is also a breeding ground for child predators, who frequent sites primarily focused towards teens and children. But the greatest danger doesn’t lie in the child predators but in the peer groups that teenagers and tweens are finding on-line. Peer groups that support drug use, … Continue reading →

The Parental Price of Technology

What do you think of when you read the title of this article? Do you think about how expensive it is to keep up with the latest and greatest new gaming system your child just must have? Or how to save money buying your child’s next computer? Think again. I’ve written a few articles about the benefits of having a technologically driven home such as why you should buy your child a cell phone and a fun look at tech toys for tots. I’ve also written articles about how children should be monitored online and how parents should watch out … Continue reading →