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School Data Breaches: What Happens When Your Child's Name, School and Login Details Are Exposed?

School Data Breaches: What Happens When Your Child's Name, School and Login Details Are Exposed?

Imagine opening an email from your child's school saying that student information may h...

Oct 24, 2026
Smartwatches at School

Smartwatches at School: Are Apple Watches and Kids’ Watches Really Safer Than Phones?

For many parents, the first connected device does not have to be a smartphone. A smartw...

Sep 30, 2026
AI Smart Glasses and Kids

AI Smart Glasses and Kids: Privacy, Recording and Consent in the Ray-Ban Meta Era

Smart glasses no longer look like obvious pieces of technology. A child can see a pair ...

Sep 27, 2026
Uber Teen Accounts: What Parents Should Check Before Letting Teens Ride Alone

Uber Teen Accounts: What Parents Should Check Before Letting Teens Ride Alone

Letting a teenager take a rideshare alone can solve a real family problem. School activ...

Sep 25, 2026
How to Help Your Child Save Evidence Before Blocking Someone Online

How to Help Your Child Save Evidence Before Blocking Someone Online

When a child is hurt, scared, or embarrassed online, blocking the other person can feel...

Aug 13, 2026
Teen using AI chatbot on smartphone while parent sits nearby in supportive home environment

Can Kids Use AI Chatbots for Mental Health Advice?

Over the past few years, artificial intelligence has moved from novelty to normalcy. AI...

May 21, 2026
Why Kids Say “Just Five More Minutes” and How to Handle It

Why Kids Say “Just Five More Minutes” and How to Handle It

Bedtime stalling in children is one of the most familiar evening struggles parents face...

May 11, 2026
Parent and teen discussing location sharing boundaries on a smartphone”

Location sharing for kids and teens: when it helps, when it harms, and how to set boundaries

Location sharing has become part of everyday parenting. Many families use it to coordin...

Apr 26, 2026
Parent and child using an educational AI app on a laptop.

Teaching Kids to Fact-Check AI Answers: A Relationship-Driven Parenting Guide

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of everyday childhood. From homework s...

Apr 9, 2026
How AI targeted ads affect kids’ choices

How AI targeted ads affect kids’ choices

Many of us grew up with commercials that interrupted cartoons or appeared between TV sh...

Feb 24, 2026
Child using a tablet while invisible data streams flow from apps to cloud servers, illustrating how apps collect kids’ data without parents noticing.

How apps collect kids’ data without parents noticing

Most of us have had this moment. Your child downloads a free app. It looks colorful. Ed...

Feb 21, 2026
Can monitoring without consent break trust with kids?

Can monitoring without consent break trust with kids?

Many parents carry an unspoken tension. We want to keep our children safe in a digital ...

Feb 11, 2026
What Are Fake Security Alerts and How Do They Trick Children?

What Are Fake Security Alerts and How Do They Trick Children?

Fake security alerts on children’s devices are becoming one of the most overlooked digi...

Jan 26, 2026
AI Chatbots: Transforming Kids’ Screen Time

AI Chatbots: Transforming Kids’ Screen Time

For many parents, screen time already feels complicated enough. Then AI chatbots enter ...

Jan 25, 2026
A child looking at some data being projected on a wall feeling overwhelmed by the amount of information there is

The complete parent guide: digital consent and online privacy

Digital consent: protecting kids in the digital age Today’s children grow up in a world...

Sep 16, 2025
How Can We Model Consent for Our Kids?

How Can We Model Consent for Our Kids?

Honoring consent is an essential part of safe and respectful online interactions.  Most...

Dec 16, 2024
Why consent matters

Why consent matters

Building Confidence Through Consent Respecting consent is important in all aspects of l...

3 Min
Dec 10, 2024
What is consent?

What is consent?

What is consent? Do you know what consent is, and are you modeling it? Consent is the a...

3 Min
Nov 28, 2024

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