Beanbag chairs? Check! Extensive picture book collection? Check! Family story time? Check! Homework stations with computers? Check! Internet access? Hmmmm….. For families, no community resource is more valuable than the public library. Research shows having books in the home is strongly linked to kids’ academic achievement later in life, and, for many low- or middle-income […]
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Apple has recently banned some of the most popular parental control apps from the App Store. (Update: Apple retracted the anti-MDM policy on June 4, 2019.) The remaining apps in the store have removed the ability to provide effective parental controls. We created CleanRouter because we believed parents should have control over the amount of
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If you clicked on this article hoping to read about Momo, you are in the wrong place. The horrifying creature has already gotten more attention than she (it?) deserves, and I’d rather not waste any more words on her. And I certainly won’t be including any pictures. Momo captures every parent’s worst fear about
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As parents, we know excessive screen time and online mischief can impact our kids’ physical and mental health, grades, spirituality, and values. What we often forget or don’t realize, though, is getting into trouble online can have legal consequences for our kids. Today’s guest post from Carver, Cantin & Mynarich offers their legal perspective on
It’s a not-so-happy Halloween for over 100,000 families this year. A new malware campaign dubbed “GhostDNS” has hacked over 100,000 home routers in an attempt to steal passwords and other login information, particularly targeting online banking information. The Hacker News breaks down the technical details of GhostDNS here. This attack comes only a few
Today we have a treat for you readers: a guest post from Jenny Silverstone, the chief editor and author of Mom Loves Best, a research-driven parenting blog that aims to educate parents on essential topics such as children safety, health, and development. Take it away, Jenny! Do you worry about the amount of screen time your
Should parents and youth leaders focus on preventing kids and teens from encountering pornography or helping those who are addicted break free? In the latest Pastor Nathan video, he explains that placing barriers between youth and pornography is essential, but, for many teens, it’s too late to prevent the initial exposure. The most effective approach,
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Are you a pastor, a priest, a rabbi, an imam, or a religious leader of any kind? Then we have an important message for you! We know that your place of worship is special to you and your community. It is a place of love, trust, community, and faith. You feel safe there, and
New research presented at Neuroscience 2016, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, links large amounts of screen time during childhood and hyperactivity behaviors. Researchers have hypothesized that a great deal of sensory stimulation can predispose young children to attentional deficits like ADHD. Obviously, ethical considerations prohibit testing this theory on human children,
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This week’s video focuses on Pastor Nathan’s religious principles and why his faith in God motivates him to fight against pornography. If you are religious, or just curious about how religion and and the anti-pornography movement go hand in hand, check out his answer below! Pornography erodes personal dignity, harms children and teens,
