There is nothing new in the fact that the society is becoming more and more dependent on computer and high technology. This wouldn’t be a bad thing at all if this would be for information, but lately, people are becoming dependent on computer for fun and entertainment too. And, unfortunately, children are included in this [...]

So here is how I see the “modern family”: Father is coming home from work, takes off the coat, goes in his corner and open the computer to read the sport news and see the newest gadgets. The bigger son is in his room playing in network an “awesome game” with his friends. The little [...]

During September 21- 26, 2009 in San Diego took place the 14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. At the conference took part Murray Straus a sociologist from the University of New Hampshire how was studying corporal punishment and its consequences since 1969. His study revealed that “kids who were physically punished had up [...]

Sometimes it’s not enough just to track websites visited by your child, you have to take further action like blocking these websites. You can block specific websites directly in the browser, or you can use specific tools or you can edit your hosts file. I will take each method in part and I will describe [...]

It a great difference between what we think and what our child are doing online, especially on these so popular social networks like Facebook and MySpace. A recent study conduct by Common Sense Media, who is a non profit organization that keeps track of children’s online activity, revealed some unbelievable statistics. They surveyed both parents [...]

The First Ever National Tween Summit! Yep and your girl should go there. The summit is for 9-14 years old girls and will take place on October 10, 2009 in Washington DC at the historic Capital Hilton Hotel – 2 blocks from the White House. It’s the first major meeting of this type and is [...]

I gathered 11 quotes about parenting that value more that thousands of pages about parenting. These are simple phrases with many meanings. Harry S Truman “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.“ Jesse Jackson “Your children [...]

A recent survey was conduct by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com in order to reveal how many teens and young people are sending or posting online sexually suggestive text and images. The survey was conducted on 1280 respondents: 653 teens (13-19) and 627 young adults (20-26). The dates from [...]

If you are a parent that need some easy solution and tutorials related on how you could track the websites visited by your child then you will be very interested in this post. In the beginning I would like to mention that tracking websites is not a privacy invasion; it’s more a parental control aspect [...]

Usually parents avoid using any of these methods in order to assure a safe online environment for their children. This is a good thing because before taking a decision related to filtering or monitoring Internet you first have to talk to your child and explain the online dangerous. But, when you think there is a [...]