Naysayers claim you can’t keep porn away from your kids forever. They are probably right. However, a new study suggests preventing your child’s first exposure to pornography as long as possible matters in later life. The study, conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Nebraska, surveyed 330 men between the ages […]
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The “Facebook Effect” has been well-documented over the last decade– the more time one spends on Facebook, the more likely one is to feel depressed. However, Instagram makes Facebook look well-rounded. Glossy, bright, carefree– no one mopes, rants, or stands on soapboxes on Instagram. The Instagram Effect, then, is the Facebook Effect taken to
The UK has taken an unprecedented stand against online pornography! Recognizing the harmful effects of porn on children and teens, the Parliament of the United Kingdom has passed the Digital Economy Act 2017, anyone who wants to access a pornographic website to verify that he or she is legally an adult. Pornographic websites that do
All Facebook users are not created equal. Some post daily, if not more. Others post monthly, if not less. Facebook can be a political forum or a mommy blog, an advertising platform or an eternal yard sale. Research about social media often lumps users together and assumes homogeneous use, but the truth about social media users
A new SnapChat feature could allow predators to see where your teen lives, where he goes to school, or her favorite hang outs. SnapMaps uses the GPS signal on smart phones to pinpoint users’ locations and identifies their location on a map. This map is visible to all the user’s friends and followers. Furthermore, users’ locations
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For all its flaws, Tinder is at least intended for adults. Now a new dating/meet-up app, Yellow, is targeting teens as young as thirteen years old. Yellow’s tagline is “Make new friends” but the app’s reviews suggest many users have much more than friendship on the brain. The app format is exactly like Tinder– see
The New York Times published an excellent article about talking to your kids about online pornography. These were our favorite parts of the piece. All experts agree it’s important to have an ongoing conversation with kids about online porn and sexuality. But how do you start that conversation? On opening the dialogue about pornography with
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Video games and online gaming have only increased in popularity since the early days of Pong. Unfortunately, not all gaming content has stayed as innocent as ping-pong. Many mainstream games are growing more and more violent. While parents and educators worry about the effect of intimate interaction with violence, albeit artificial violence, gaming apologists have
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Swipe left. Swipe right. Double tap. Level up– diagnostic complete! Researchers have developed a game for the iPad that allows them to analyze a child’s hand motions to determine whether or not the child is on the autism spectrum. The study, published in the Nature group journal Scientific Reports highlights an aspect of autism
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In a recent interview with online magazine Mirror, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, outlined his family’s screen time rules. No phones for the kids until age fourteen, no screens at the dinner table, and an evening curfew for the internet. Gates’ three daughters are 20, 17, and 14 years old now, so presumably the rules are
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