Protecting Kids from Harmful Online Ads
Children are the most valuable – and vulnerable – targets for online advertisers. Every day, brands and tech companies use sophisticated tools to track, profile, and influence kids, shaping their choices before they even know they’re being sold to. Mic …
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The Issues with Advertising to Children (and What Parents Can Do)
In today’s age, many digital things make life easier. Sometimes, though, they make life more complicated. Take advertising aimed at our kids. I’ve often noticed digital apps slipping ads into games or using avatars resembling celebrities to promote brands. You and I might ignore these, but can we say the same for our kids? The […]
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What’s Scarier at a Beach? Sharks or Bad HR Policies?
Every time my daughter asked if there were sharks in the water, if jelly fish were going to sting her, if there were fish biting her toes, I said no. At this beach, I said she needed to worry about angry, mini-Bernadoodles running along the bottom of the ocean floor and nipping at her! When […]
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Breaking the Cycle: Healing Fathers and Helping Children
As parents we worry about how our kids use screens, but how fathers engage with technology can either break old patterns or pass them on. Ed Tilton, president of the Begin Again Institute, works with men to heal from past trauma and stop harmful behavi …
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How Parents Can (and Should) Control Childhood Tech
Sure, there’s a lot our children can learn on the internet, but there are plenty of websites, apps, and traps that they need to avoid. And it’s our job as parents to help them. Titania Jordan, a mom and the Chief Parent Officer and CMO at Bark, an inte …
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What If Video Games Aren’t Killing Your Kids’ Minds?
There are outdoor sports like football, soccer and tennis. And there are eSports like Fortnite and League of Legends. As parents, should…
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Understanding the World Through Your Child’s Eyes
The other day I sat down and watch Disney’s adaptation of the classic fable “Henny Penny”. As with most Disney movies, “Chicken Little”…
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Protecting Your Kids in the Digital Age
As discerning fathers, we should worry about our impressionable kids’ internet use. Nefarious characters populate cyberspace…
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How Much of Your Kids’ Summer Should Be Spent Outside?
With summer plans in the works, here’s a key question: How much time should your kids spend outside?When summer comes and the weather…
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3 Things Dads Can Do To Help Their Kids Learn
What do you do when you want to entertain your toddler with something educational but you don’t know where to go or whether the resource…
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