Tag Archive for social media
Cheat Codes: A Quick Guide to Teens and...
How can parents get their kids to stop playing games so much and do something more “social?”
Flashback: Using Instagram in Student...
Consider leveraging Instagram in your student ministry
Are Teens Addicted to the Internet? ...
Parents need to be aware of what their teens are doing online and here are few simple steps
Flashback: 15 Sites and Apps Kids Are...
Why it’s popular and what parents need to know
Flashback: Social Media Affecting Teens&...
Young people feel socially supported by having large networks of on-line friends they may never see
College Student Accidentally Sexts Dad&...
1 in 10 people have accidentally sexted the wrong person
16-Year-Old Girl Says Her Rape Went...
In a way, it’s as though Jada’s been assaulted twice, both inside the house and online
Flashback: McAfee “2014 Teens And...
Teens’ Online Behavior Can Get Them in Trouble
‘Sextortion’ Is An Online &...
The number of complaints of online enticement of children is climbing.
Creepy Facebook Study
Facebook Can Tweak Your Moods Through ‘Emotional Contagion’
Jonathan McKee: Teen Online Behavior...
Last week McAfee released their newest Teens and Screens study…
Teens Still Want To Talk Face To Face
52% believe using social media and text helps their friendships and 32% believe it helps with family.
Teens, Fitting Rooms and Social Media
Social media is an identity fitting room for teens. It allows them to fabricate themselves and test out different persona’s as they…
A Letter To My Boys (The Real Reason I...
I want to watch your face illuminated by the majesty of life – not the glow of a screen
10 Reasons Why Handheld Devices Should...
10 research-based reasons for this ban
Teens’ Online Behavior Can Get Them in...
1 out of 12 meet the online stranger in real life. 33% feel more accepted online than in real life
‘Toxic Childhood’
‘Toxic childhood’ of cyberbullying, social media and hypersexualised culture leads one in five teenagers to self-harm
How Teen Social Life Affects Drug Abuse
(And How Drug Abuse Affects Social Life)
When Selfie-Improvement Apps Go Too Far
53% of teen girls feel that photos of themselves posted by others can make them feel bad
The Innovation of Loneliness
Is there actually a connection between using social media and being lonely?
Understanding Why Social Media Is So...
Step back, try to stay calm and try to listen to your kids. What are they trying to achieve?
Guilty of Meanness: City Contemplates...
So, if you “embarrass” or “make fun” of someone, you could be found to have violated the statute?
Teens, Fitting Rooms and Social Media
Social media is an identity fitting room for teens. It allows them to fabricate themselves and test out different persona’s as they…
Police Break Up Massive Party of 1,500...
“Social media is probably not the best place to advertise a party,” Damage around $64,000
Netanyahu: Young Generation ‘Slaves’...
Another unseen voice then tells Netanyahu that “if you did not take a picture, it’s as if you didn’t live,”
Google Glass Family Parody
Google Glass Parody Shows Family Lost in Wearable Computing
Disturbing Teen Prank
‘Swatting’ Gamers Hoax incident triggers massive police response
Florida Police Save 14-Year-Old Girl...
Foster originally met the unidentified girl on Facebook. She lived in his neighborhood
Why Teens Compulsively Use Social Media
To Live in a Fantasy World of No Consequences
Anonymous Social Media App Poses Dangers...
Regardless of any “anonymity”…do have the ability to trace messages back to the point of origin
Watch Out: SnapHack Saves Your Snapchats...
Next time you use Snapchat, remember that someone on the other end might be saving your private stuff
Apps Costing More Than Just Money
Kids’ Misuse of Certain Apps Puts Them at Unnecessary Risk
Taco Bell President Promised No...
Sales in Colorado have escalated by 420 percent since marijuana was legalized in the state
Media Photoshop Fails and The Image of...
Leneita Fix: Real people are created in the image of our Risen Savior- not on a computer screen
Selfie Addict Took TWO HUNDRED A Day &...
I finally realised I was never going to take a picture that made the craving go away and that was when I…
The Anti-Selfie Movement Now Has A...
“Join the anti-revolution and stop taking pictures of yourself.”
Social Media Affecting Teens’...
Teens feel socially supported by having large networks of on-line friends they may never see
The New Teen Selfies, The Uglier The...
We’ve created this culture where you’re constantly comparing yourself to other people, or images you see in the media or in the…
Kids’ Screen Time May Affect Their...
“Parents should be involved with monitoring the media that their children are watching,”
Selfies Plastic Surgery
58% of doctors surveyed said they’d seen an increase number of patients under 30 requesting plastic surgery
Demi Lovato To Criticize Gaga For “...
All I’m saying is, artists in pop culture have influence on people..
Parents Are Warned Phone Addiction Could...
73% of the adults used their phone at least once during each meal
Student Ordered To Pay $100,000 Over...
“When defamatory publications are made on social media it is common knowledge that they spread,”
N.C. Police Investigate Instagram Photos...
“I was mad. I was angry. The mama bear comes out and you want to get to the bottom of it,” the…
Frequent Cell Phone Use Linked to...
Linked to Anxiety, Lower Grades and Reduced Happiness
The Biggest Teen Facebook Mistake Ever
Daughter’s Facebook Brag Costs Her Family $80,000
7 Media-Savvy Skills All Parents Need in...
Everyday there’s some new thing we parents need to figure out,here are smart strategies for managing your kids
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What happen when the traditional teenage quest for identity and connection occurs online?
Pupils As Young As Six Act Out Drug And...
I thought it was just a bit of swearing and some shooting…
Digital Device Use Leads To Eye Strain...
The symptoms may include dry, red and irritated eyes, fatigue, eye strain, blurry vision, problems focusing, headaches, neck and shoulder pain
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
UAE Parents Don’t Spend Even an...
In a broader context, family time or the lack of it can shape society
Does Technology Diminish Social Skills?
Your fourteen year old will never be an adult the way you are an adult today
Social media break ups
UK: 54% of individuals who ended a relationship in the last two years said social media played a role
What “Selfies” Truly Are to...
A way to control how we are seen and by whom
New Skydog Router Lets Parents Monitor...
Allowing you to monitor every single gadget and person on them in your home
Introducing iParent.TV – keeping...
58% kids know how to hide online activities from parents.46% would change behavior if parents were paying attention
Instagram Fastest-Growing App Among Top...
Instagram also outpaced Twitter, the No. 10 app that grew 36% to 30.7 million last year
11 Million Adolescence Fled Facebook
Facebook has 4,292,080 fewer high-school aged users and 6,948,848 college-aged users than it did in 2011
The Teen ‘Selfie Olympics’
Causing Teenagers To Take Insane Pictures Of Themselves
The Digital Generation Is Here ...
1/10 boys code, and 1/3 want to learn
Protect your students from”Revenge...
Victims Of ‘Revenge Porn’ Open Up On Reddit About How It Impacted Their Lives
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone unveils...
Questions can be posed and answered with photographs
Why You Should Delete SnapChat
I’ve never seen a more dangerous application targeting teenagers, specifically girls, than SnapChat
New Middle School Sexting Study
Sexting common, linked to sex among high-risk youth
Connected Culture Could Be Bad for Your...
83% of Amercians wish they had more time to spend with family
look Out Vine, Keek Has 36 Second-long...
Keek has “60 million users and counting” the majority of whom are Millennials ages 13-25
Teen Throws Boiling Water On Girl For...
I accepted his (Facebook) friend request..But of late he had become abusive and so I unfriended him last week
Snapchat Hack Should Be Wake-up Call For...
User names and mobile numbers of 4.8 million members..now floating around the Internet
What parents need to know about Kik, the...
Kik does not have parental controls
Teenage girl found hanged at house party
‘had been bullied due to her good looks’
70% of these digital natives ...
They’re bringing up relevant questions for young Christians whose faith practices take them onto their phones and laptops
Teens’ social media can hurt...
30 percent of admissions officers say that they had Googled an applicant or visited their social networking profile
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