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Today's children and teens want to connect and engage with others! It looks a bit different than how their parents and grandparents did it, but with proper guidance kids and teens can leverage technology to enrich their lives. 

We got our dog a few years ago on Halloween. Named her Pumpkin. My daughter was 6-years-old, and immediately fell in love. I think that Pumpkin, our shelter mutt, is half German shepherd and half Muppet. She's a goofy, big dog.

Sometimes teaching kids about technology happens best in a real-world setting. Halloween provides a great opportunity to help kids understand online identity.

Instagram is an app for sharing videos, photos, and messages. The platform has approximately 81 percent of teens, making it one of the internet's most popular social media apps.

Ever heard your kids say things like, "Man, that girl's body count is crazy," or "can we Netflix and chill this weekend?"

It's okay to have concerns about social media networks, especially if your kids constantly obsess about them. Like every other social network, Tiktok is a platform for sharing content and building connections, but it comes with a few peculiarities.  And thankfully, the platform recently rolled out some tools to help protect users.  

The past few years have seen the internet evolve. Contrary to being a platform where people connect, share ideas, and join interest groups, the internet has metamorphosed into a platform where extreme ideologies and conspiracies thrive. Extremists are leveraging the online world to influence and mobilize young children to execute felonies.

What Every Parent Should Know About Snapchat

One of the commonest questions parents ask is whether Snapchat is safe for their kids. Similar to many social media platforms, Snapchat is an app for connecting and socializing with people. Users can create, share, and exchange visual content like pictures for fun.

It’s natural for us as parents to worry about our kids' safety online. For one, the internet is littered with junk, and we can’t turn a blind eye to its impact on our kids. 

When kids ask (read: beg) for their first phone, parents often dust off their old iPhone or Android, connect it to Wi-Fi, and think their problem is solved.