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5 Non Tech Things To Do During Winter Break
/in News /by Liz RepkingWinter break is right around the corner! December 21st. How exciting! There are so many fun things to do with the kids during the break. We can all sleep in a little longer, no lunches need to be packed, and no homework battles for 2 weeks! I have wonderful memories of all the fun we […]
Kids: Addicted to Smartphones – Let’s Do Something About It!
/in Blog /by Annie GaughanRaise your hand if you are concerned about how much time your teen spends on their smartphone. My guess is that if you have a teen (or preteen), your hand went up. So what do we, as parents, do about it, and where can we turn for help? Is there a social responsibility on the part of technology companies to study what […]
Should Parents Be Concerned about 13 Reasons Why?
/in Blog /by Liz RepkingRewind to spring 2017…13 Reasons Why was all the rage in both middle and high schools, especially among girls. The hottest questions on the table for parents were “Should I allow my child to watch this?” Or even more basic, “What is this show I keep hearing about?” School administers were facing the same questions […]
True Thompson Instragram account – The scoop on baby Instagram accounts
/in News /by repkingEarlier this week, it came out that Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson’s baby girl, True Thompson, has an Instagram account. Less than a week old, she already has close to 200,000 followers! Cyber Safety’s Liz Repking sits down with Yahoo Lifestyle to give her thoughts on the implications of social media accounts for celebrity babies […]
Response to Shootings: Be Involved in Children’s Digital Media Lives
/in Blog /by Liz RepkingThe tragic school shootings last week, in Parkland, FL, is a call to action on so many levels that we, as a country, need to address. However, this is also a call to action that we, as parents, can address immediately and with our own children. We need to be more involved in our children’s […]
Snapchat Trends: Snap Map
/in Blog /by Liz RepkingNote: This is the second of three articles on Snapchat. If you missed the first article, take a look: Snapchat Trends: Streaks and Scores. I asked my 16 year old son’s friend, Nick, what he thought about Snapchat’s newest feature, Snap Map. His response was immediate and strong: “It’s creepy!” At the end of June, […]
Snapchat Trends: Streaks and Scores
/in Blog /by Liz RepkingNote: This is the first of a 3 part blog series on Snapchat. Next up is a look at the latest feature from Snapchat, Snapmap. In October 2014, I published Snapchat: Do those pictures really disappear forever? The objective was to provide an introduction to this relatively new app that was gaining popularity at an alarming […]
The Challenge of Summer and Screen Time
/in Blog /by Liz RepkingFor some of us, this might be your kids 1st week of summer vacation and you are basking in the freedom from hectic schedules, the stress of homework, and sleeping a little later in the mornings. For others, this might be the 3rd or 4th week of summer and the thrill of freedom might be starting […]
News Alert: Harvard Rescinds Offers for Obscene Memes
/in Blog, News /by Liz Repking40,000 high school students from the class of 2017 applied to Harvard this year. 2,056 of those applicants were offered admittance to the most prestigious university in the US. Approximately 1,725 applicants accepted Harvard’s offer. That is an acceptance rate of 4.3%! Those are pretty slim chances of getting into a dream college. Privacy and […]
Establishing an Escape Route
/in Blog /by Liz RepkingKids, even good kids, sometimes make mistakes. Our goal as parents is not to prevent mistakes, but to help kids learn from those mistakes. But if they are scared to tell us about their mistakes, they can get in over their heads and end up making even bigger mistakes to try to cover their trail. […]