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For those of us with tweens and teens, online safety is at the forefront of our daily parenting concerns. But what about parents with...

Parents and students are fighting Big Tech by telling Congress their social media horror stories. We were there for the Big Tech hearing.

The most important federal legislation to protect kids online is about to hit the Senate floor. It’s been a long time coming. Since we...

If you’ve been following us for any amount of time, you probably know that we have very intentionally slowed/delayed every threshold of...

Are you a Metro Nashville Public Schools parent worried about the safety and distraction of your kids on district-issued devices? We’re...

Parents tend to talk about digital literacy and digital civility with their kids, trying to educate them about areas of risk and...

Virtual school. Remote learning. Online education. Many names, many varied experiences, one singular commonality: kids are on screens...

The information age, smart phones, and social media have drastically changed the way children experience the world and others around...

Online Consultations We’re four months into the global pandemic and just now catching a bit of time to breathe and strategize for the...

Here we are in day 29 of parenting through a global pandemic. Although we seem to be figuring a few things out, we continue to wrestle...

Celebrating Five Years Five years ago we gathered with 13 other parents from our boys’ elementary school to present what we had learned...

:: Perspective :: The saying goes… hindsight is always 2020. We certainly can see things more clearly when we look back with (here’s the...

Do your kids have new technology on their Holiday wish lists? Are you traveling to extended family and worried about your kids getting...

Waiting Well A key online safety strategy for families is delayed gratification— purposely delaying greater access to certain technology...

When it comes to smart phone alternatives for kids, parents have a lot more options today than they did even a few years ago. The main...

My kids aren’t on social media. But sometimes when I’m on it, they’ll ask if we can look something up, like a funny meme or hashtag...

We have an urgent plea for all Tennessee parents. The TN House Joint Resolution 133, “Safer Internet for Children” is in jeopardy unless...

saferinternetforchildren.com Today, Feb. 5, 2019 is Safer Internet Day across the globe. But right here in our own backyard, we’re...

Start Today… Where do you want your family to be by this time next year? What if you could look BACK on a year and know it was the...

It was a brisk fall night, perfect for “Thursday Night Lights,” a middle school football game. On rows of metal bleachers, I had a...