Tag Archive for Apple/iPhone
Green Bank W. Va. No Cell No Internet No...
“I’m happier because now I don’t have social media to give me high expectations of not only myself but everybody else around…
Phoneless 11-Year-Old Lost In Manhattan...
I’m sticking to my principles on not getting smartphones for my tweens — even though my child got lost in NYC
Largest Public School In The Country...
You’re constantly comparing yourself to other women on your feed and it definitely takes a toll on your self-image
How To Get Your Kids Off Their Screens
Excessive screen time has been linked to obesity, disturbed sleep, behavioral issues, poor social skills, and less play time (which in itself…
New Text Bomb Crashing iPhones
All it takes is for someone to send two strings of text, and for their target to open those texts, and their…
The Scary Truth About What’s Hurting...
The increase in depression and suicide rate correlates to the iPhones being released.
What Age Should I Give My Kid A Smart...
To take a look at some suggested borders and boundaries, check out our Free Family Digital Covenant of Conduct
Tips To Set Up Your Kid’s iPhone
Learn how to set a passcode, block apps, share media, and more
The Most Downloaded Apple apps Of 2017
…at No. 1 on Apple’s annual list of the most downloaded free iTunes apps of the year, followed by…
Does Your Kid Have A Phone? Cell Phone...
What you need to do before and after you give your kid a phone
app Helps Parents Figure Out If Their...
If it spots something fishy, whether your kid created it or received it, it sends you a real-time alert. Cannot view the picture
Manage Your Family’s Screen Time…...
Put down your phone and get back to your life
Book: 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
Do You Control Your Phone — Or Does Your Phone Control You?
Colorado Group Wants To Ban Sale Of...
Retailers who sell a phone for use by a pre-teen…may face fines from $500 to $20,000
Technology Rules That Teens Would Set...
Family technology rules is among the first to explore children’s expectations for parents’ technology use — revealing kids’ feelings about fairness and…
How To Know If Your Teen Is Ready For A...
Maybe other parents don’t see it this way but they don’t have to live with the consequences
At What Age Should I Let My Kid Have A...
“What age should I let them have access to all of this stuff?!!”
Half Of Teens Think They’re...
50% of teens feel they are addicted to their mobile devices
52 Ways To Connect With Your Smartphone...
How to Engage with Kids Who Can’t Seem to Pry Their Eyes from Their Devices!
Selfies, Sexting, And Censorship
Teens and the Pics They Take of Themselves
Chick-fil-A ‘Cell Phone Challenge&...
“Family Challenge” and here’s how it works: Turn all family cell phones to silent and place in the cell phone coop
Late Night Texting Habits Of Teens...
In Sleep Deprivation, Affects School Performance
Book: Wanting
This VIVA! series focuses on humanity’s search for fulfillment. Every teenager has their wish list…
Discussion Starter: Teens Use Media 9...
Discussion Starters for Student Small Groups
The Smartphone—Today’s...
socially retarded…Face-to-face conversations are becoming much more difficult for young people today
Reclaim Family Dinnertime..Pepper...
Who cares if it’s ‘real’ or not, the insight and content makes a point that will resonate with anyone who has kids
#Being13: Inside The Secret World Of...
A first-of-its-kind CNN study on social media and teens.
Pphubbed You…
Study: Your Cell Phone Use Could Be Hurting Your Relationships
Your Teen’s New Favorite Drug –...
1 in 5 teens will wake up in the middle of the night to check his or her smartphone for updates or…
Dad Padlocks Daughter’s Closet...
8th grader racked up $541 in charges…majority of data usage on instagram posts
“Top Social Networks And Apps Your...
Gaggle’s Student Safety Representatives continue to discover websites and apps that pose potential risks to students
Secret Teen Photo-Hiding App Expose
Ingenious iOS app that allows kids to hide damning photos from their parents in plain sight
Ingenious Kid Hacks His Parents’...
..so that the word ‘no’ automatically changes to ‘hell yes’ – b4 asking them if he can throw a party
How Having Smartphones (or not) Shapes...
Non-smartphone-using teens are more likely to keep in touch with their closest friend via social media
Teens Downloading Jott Like Crazy
Jott has nearly 500,000 monthly users and one million app installs..If you haven’t heard of Jott, go ask a teenager
Flashback: A Cell Phone Contract To Help...
This cell phone contract emerged from the research we conducted..Making Your House a Hub of Faith
Is Your Child Ready For A Cell Phone?
Click on the checklist below to think through the decision
No Cellphone For 2 Years For Driver In...
“I don’t think she has a right to have a cell phone,” he said. “I think it’s a privilege.”
Messaging Apps Teens Are Using
As youth workers, it also helps us connect with them in other ways than just Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
Security Issues With Smartphones…...
Video: Middle-Schooler Fights Off Sexual Predator in Her Own Home
The ‘Selfie Arm’ Is A Sarcastic...
social media has created the illusion of being more connected create the appearance of having a companion
How Can I Get My Teen To STOP Relying On...
She’s placing too much value on what her peers think of her..especially for her self-identity?
Flashback: The App Addicted Teen…...
The App Addicted Teen ( Infographic )
Pope Francis: Families Should Put Aside...
“The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate…
Flashback: You May Be Addicted To Your...
Unfortunately, addiction is not the only problem associated with Smartphones
Teens Losing Zzzs
The Effects of Their Sleep-Deprivation Lasts Way Past Lunch
Smartphone Separation Anxiety
when separated, we experience a lessening of ‘self’ and a negative physiological state
A Teen On Teens And Social Media…
“The new normal is the lack of permanence. The result is that it is hard to know who we are.”
New York City To Lift Ban On Students&...
Mayor de Blasio said the change will enable parents to stay in better touch with children, especially in case of an emergency
5 Ideas To Help Your Kids Be Smarter...
Let’s talk with our kids about some of these issues
Spending More Time On Smartphones Can...
Leisure distress is feeling uptight, stressed and anxious during free time
A Closer Look At Teen Addiction
In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or older, had used an illicit drug or abused a psycho-therapeutic medication in…
Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
The average person spends 4 years looking down at his cell phone
I Snuggled with a Stranger Using New App...
Are we really willing to rely on an app to facilitate something as vulnerable and intimate as cuddling?
Sexual Consent… App?
I guess it’s no surprise that now some college students will rely on an app for sexual consent
The Dare 2 Share app
Have all the core evangelism training of Dare 2 Share at their fingertips free of charge!
iPhone Scream
Hilarious Jailbreak Makes Your iPhone Scream When You Drop It
The Mobile Teen [infographic]
Here are the latest stats about our teens use their phones, from dawn till dusk
The Best Free Online Training…From...
Youth workers take advantage Jonathan McKee’s FREE resource, it is the best I have seen in a long time
The App That Will Change How You Do...
Track attendance for events, monitor attendance trends over time by gender and school, and create smart filtered groups for powerful communication
Flashback: 15 Sites and Apps Kids Are...
Why it’s popular and what parents need to know
Apple Adds More Swagger With $3 Billion...
Apple is counting on the Beats acquisition to boost its cachet with teenagers and younger adults
Parents Prefer Phones To Kids?
One child threw a parent’s phone down the toilet
Shops Get Financial Lift by Storing...
NY City prohibits students from carrying cellphones in public schools
Apps Costing More Than Just Money
Kids’ Misuse of Certain Apps Puts Them at Unnecessary Risk
Selfies Plastic Surgery
58% of doctors surveyed said they’d seen an increase number of patients under 30 requesting plastic surgery
Parents Are Warned Phone Addiction Could...
73% of the adults used their phone at least once during each meal
Smart band for teens
A modular bracelet designed to let young users send secret messages, unlock game levels..
Flappy Bird Is Not Dead?
Fall Out Boy plans to release a version of Flappy Bird called Fall Out Bird
Used iPhone With Flappy Bird Selling for...
The starting price was $650. Within hours, it jumped to $99,900, with 74 bids placed
Your Smartphone, Your Kids, and Their...
How Do I Disable My Camera’s Geotagging Features?
Majority of Porn in U.S. is Viewed on...
52% was viewed through a mobile device of that 14.7 billion visitors in 2013, That’s 1.68 million visitors an hour
NYU Student Asher Vongtau Was Drinking...
He told cops he was drinking at a party and later slipped and fell into the gap
Techie Teens: Does ‘New and...
“I feel like they’re being raised in a world where it’s common—no, expected—to continually ‘trade up.’”
Survey Shows iPhone Is Hugely Popular...
55% of U.S. teenagers already own an iPhone, with 65% planning on purchasing one of Apple’s smartphones..
Today’s Cultural Theologians
Jeff Bachman: Breakout session at the National Youth Workers Convention
iPhone Text Messaging: What Parents Need...
If Mom and Dad are happily married then there could be some VERY embarrassing texts flying through the air!
Seven iOS 7 Hacks for Parents
How I make my iPhone work for me instead of the other way around!
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