Tag Archive for social media
Flashback: L.A. Schools Want Kids To...
The consequences of sexting – public humiliation, loss of educational and job opportunities, possible criminal violations
7 WaysTo Use Media And Tech To Raise...
From watching Spanish TV shows to downloading bilingual apps, these ideas ease the sometimes challenging task of raising your kids to speak…
Catholic Church Releases App To Reach...
‘Faithlife’ encourages bible study and fellowship
Pope Francis Decries Chasing ‘...
The pope spoke on Sunday against what he sees as a consumerist culture that is eroding personal relationships
Flashback: How Girls Are Seeking (and...
From selfies to shout-outs, girls are using social media both to build up and break down their self-image
Teens And The Media The Last-20 Years...
By Walt Mueller: We fail to see just how much and how quickly things are changing
You Tuber Lured Teenage Boys To Expose...
Viral Video: The boys had already been made aware of the dangers by their parents and still fell into the trap
Experiment: Teens Easily Lured By Online...
Chilling reality check for parents
Flashback: The Dangers Of Social Media ...
Parents Set Up Their Daughters With a Fake Predator…clip now has over 38 million views
FREE…Cinnamon Toast Crunch Selfie...
Gone are the days of eating a delicious B-fast and all your friends not knowing about it
What Are the Social Media Basics For...
https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/what-are-the-social-media-basics-for-high-school-127816049973.html
3 Tips To Keeping Connected With Your...
…without Becoming That Creepy Parent
Flashback: High School Grads Prefer...
The majority of respondents accessed the platform at least daily
Helping Students (And Parents) Evaluate...
It’s Less About Saying, “Don’t,” and More About Saying, “Wait.”
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
Lily Rose Depp Comes Out As Sexually...
She doesn’t identify as 100 percent straight in the @selfevidentproject
Top 15 Ways That Churches Can Use the...
It works with Twitter and allows you to set up live video streaming from your smartphone just by pressing a button
How Instagram Is Changing The Way Brands...
Top ad platforms have had to move away from traditional designs in favor of content that look more natural
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
Knock Knock: The New Contact App
Choose exactly what contact information you share with each person in the vicinity
Teens, Technology And Friendships
Video games, social media and mobile phones play an integral role in how teens meet and interact with friends
Twitter Is Removing The140-Character...
Twitter hopes new feature will encourage more people to use DMs, which roughly allows space for 2,000 words
The Dangers Of Social Media (Child...
Parents Set Up Their Children With a Fake Predator
Why Is Snapchat So Addictive?
Step back and remind ourselves that we own the phone, the phone does not own us
Internet Outrage, Public Shaming And...
Cheap thrill at the expense of another, but without any personal accountability or commitment to that human being
10 Social Media Trends [infographic]
Social media is a powerful thing that can help you be more effective today as you try to reach students
New Study Says Social Media Plays A Big...
1 in 7 married people would consider a divorce because of how their spouses were behaving on popular social media sites
New Documentary Shows How Porn Companies...
Documentary points out that more people visit porn sites in a month than Netflix, Twitter and Amazon combined
Online Overload
British youth ages of 16 and 24 are spending an average of 27 hours, 36 minutes online every week
Fear Of Missing Out, Infects 90% Of Kids...
How to Disconnect Your Kids From Social Media
3 Things Parents Should Know About Kids...
Here are 3 warning signs you need to look out for
The ‘Selfie Arm’ Is A Sarcastic...
social media has created the illusion of being more connected create the appearance of having a companion
Obama Discourages ‘Lazy’ Kids From...
“Particularly for the young ladies here, I want you guys to make sure that you look at math and science,”
5 Reminders About Communication In Youth...
Communication is important. But what’s more important is getting your communication right
Chrissy Teigen Hates Photoshop apps&...
‘We forgot what normal people look like’
25 Middle School Students Involved In...
It’s can’t be said enough, if you have kids, make sure you know what they are doing with the technology in their…
Teens, Social Media & Technology...
24% of teens go online “almost constantly,” facilitated by the widespread availability of smartphones
How Technology Is Changing Millennial...
There is no doubt that technology is changing the culture and the way people living out their faith. The real question…
What’s The Deal With Burnbook?
…And it’s why my social media talks are based in principles instead of a single app…
Flashback: The App Addicted Teen…...
The App Addicted Teen ( Infographic )
Exploitation: The Disturbing Way Some...
It’s common for teenagers to post usernames to messaging apps in their bios, which invites predators to contact them in other ways.
Facebook Flagging Suicidal Threats…
Facebook is taking a leap into suicide prevention by introducing some new tools
Internet Addicted Teen Cuts Hand Off
As high as 14 percent of youth in China may be addicted
It’s Not Only Youth, Parents Love...
What message are you sending your kids when you post inappropriate comments or pictures?
3 Kids Nabbed For Instagram Child Porn
Authorities urged parents to pay close attention to their children and their online and social media habits
Incredibly Popular App With Kids That...
There are lots of trolls and creeps that comment
Xpire, Now On Android, Brings ...
..users a sense of greater privacy when compared to larger, more public social networks
How Girls Are Seeking (and Subverting)...
From selfies to shout-outs, girls are using social media both to build up and break down their self-image
Why Parents Need To Get All the Screens...
Some of my patients say they need them to wake them in the morning; parents, please introduce these kids to alarm clocks
How Your Church Can Make Real...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about social media it’s this: It’s all about human connection
Teens Losing Zzzs
The Effects of Their Sleep-Deprivation Lasts Way Past Lunch
Teen Online Dangers [infographic]
I often wonder if the changing times today are similar to periods in history where cultures were transformed by the tools they…
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.”
7 Social Media Trends Your Children&...
Here’s some recent trends that will help your children’s ministry stay current in the world of social media
Instagram Mass-Deletes Spam Accounts,...
resulted in angering all the users that define their self worth by a follower count
Sex & Social Media Roundtable
This is part of an FYI series on navigating digital technology and social media with young people
EU Study Reveals Children’s Risks...
They have been studying the online behaviour of children aged 9-16 since 2006…children are now more likely to be exposed to
Teenagers And Cyberbullying [infographic...
If suicide rates grew for girls aged 10-14 by 76%, we might need to re-think (setup guardrails for) their internet social media…
Local School Districts Look To Reach...
Any organization that values communicating with its public can’t just go to one source … you have to have the same message…
Teenage Girls Self-Esteem Plunges
How pressures of online life undermine teenage girls’ self-esteem
Secret Lives of Teens: Selfie Generation
They crave positive feedback to help them see how their identity fits into their world
Secret Second Lives: The Dark Side Of...
More than 95 percent of teens are online. On average they’re online nearly 11 hours every day, a Kaiser Family Foundation study…
Flashback: Instagram For Dummie Parents
Numerical values: For the first time ever your children can determine their “worth” using actual numbers provided by their peers!
5 Ways Catholic Leaders Win At Social...
A few key things that Protestant Christians might learn from our Catholic brothers and sisters
Parents May Be Liable For What Their...
A legal precedent on the issue of parental responsibility over their children’s online activity
How To Delete Your Snapchat Account
After a recent data leak from Snapchat, for some the only answer is to delete your account. Here’s how
Teens Involved In Sex Photos Seeking ...
Are adolescents involved with sexting and related acts just seeking attention?
4 Surprising Things Likes Mean To Teens
Likes take on an entirely different meaning for teens in at least 4 surprising ways…
To Reach Millennials, These Get-Out-the...
“This midterm election, the youth vote can be powerful,”
Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
The average person spends 4 years looking down at his cell phone
Porn Protection On Android
Ever Accountable does everything I want and need from an accountability app without being too in the way or too nonexistent
How To Monitor Your Kids Without Turning...
Whether you choose to use tech to monitor your kids is something is only you can decide. But if you do, here…
Youtube The Mobile Takeover [...
The #1 video platform on the Internet, it’s also the second most used search engine as well as the most viewed social…
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?
Half (54%) Of US Teens Think Life Would...
Majority of self-conscious teens want to improve their chances of fitting in and boosting their confidence by changing their appearance
Expert Reveals Biggest Concern About...
“Fifth grade is the new ninth grade,”
“You Have To Eat It Before You Tweet...
We can forget the weight that our words and actions have, toss anything out and see where it lands regardless of the ripple effect it has on people
Social Media Tracked Trends: Facebook...
But Vine, Instagram, and Snapchat are gaining
5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Changing...
Ever wonder how social media affects your body and brain? You might be surprised!
Flashback: Social Media Myth Busting
By Brad Howell | Associate director of Fuller Seminary’s Northern California campus.
Screen Time Makes Tweens Clueless on...
Children and teenagers spend more than seven and a half hours a day using smartphones, computers, televisions and other electronic screens
What The Kids Are Watching These Days
It’s a far cry from traditional TV
The Internet and Body Image Concerns in...
It was concluded that the Internet represents a potent sociocultural force among preteenage girls
Teens Rate Their Favorite Social Media...
Niche.com, surveyed 7,000 high school graduates about their social media habits
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