Archive for 'Internet Safety'
How Social Media Savvy Are You?
When it comes to children’s Internet safety, most parents are not savvy enough. And it is not because we aren’t hip, hep, cool, phat…choose your jargon…it’s simply that new social web sites seems to appear with the blink of an eye.
What can you do to protect your child without infringing too much on his or […]
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Bullying Legislation, At Last….
A comprehensive anti-bullying legislation is, at last, law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is now, however, up to the schools, the parents, and the kids themselves to take all the necessary steps to eliminate bullying from our schools, our streets, and cyberspace.
I’ve written numerous blogs on this topic, beginning with the 2006 suicide of […]
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A Cruel and Needless Death…
I’ve been mulling over this topic for several days now, trying to wrap my mind and emotions around this horrific story. It is sad enough when a child feels so despondent that the only alternative is to take one’s life. But, in the case of Megan Meier, knowing that a parent…a neighbor who lived just […]
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