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Your child wants a YouTube channel and claims that ‘everyone is doing it’.I don’t know about you but I don’t remember the topic ‘creating a YouTube channel’ in any of the parenting books...

By Toni Schmidt

Warning: Some material in this blog may be disturbing to sensitive readers.Do serial killers or murderers exhibit common behaviors? Based on the hundreds of crime dramas I've watched, I believe they...

By CEO of ContentWatch, makers of Net Nanny

Let's face it - parents are sometimes clueless about what's happening on social media. Even more perplexing can be why kids are attracted to certain apps, like Snapchat.Not to worry, let me break it...

By Jennifer Leonard

You’ve probably been hassled by your kids to get the latest and greatest gaming console. If you haven’t heard “Well all my friends have one”, or “But the commercial said…”, trust me –...

By Trey Patterson

Do your teens know that every time they go online they leave a digital footprint or trail, like cookie crumbs leading from the kitchen to their bedroom? The only difference: these trails of crumbs will never be erased and could either hurt or help them later in life.

By Jessica Thiefels

Sexting (defined as sending someone sexually explicit photographs or messages via cell phone) is the new norm for teenagers today, specifically high school age teenagers. Why may you ask is this more...

By Susan Wind

Associated Press recently released an article discussing how some internet filtering products actually gather and sell your private information.  In most cases, this includes, but is not limited to,...

By LeGrand Woolley

On May 28 2019 Net Nanny® released an update to Net Nanny® 10 for Windows. This update brings screen time restrictions for Net Nanny® users to Windows computers and notebooks. This updates also...

By Clayton Ostler: Chief Product Officer

Television is not much better. A new study by the Parents Television Council found that broadcast networks are increasingly creating and airing programs in which sexualized and adult language is being spoken by minor-aged child actors.

By Kristin MacLaughlin