And here I was, about to teach my children about online safety. Kids, always use a VPN to keep your location and area private from bad people. To protect yourself from identity theft, never upload or send any ID information online.

#OnlineSafety #ParentingTips #VPN #CyberSecurity #IdentityTheftPrevention #StaySafeOnline #TechForKids #DigitalParenting #InternetSafety #ProtectYourInfo

📱 Is too much mobile screen time harming your child?
Excessive mobile phone use in young children can affect eyesight, brain development, sleep, and behaviour.
Discover science-backed facts, real risks, and practical solutions every parent should know.
👉 Read the full article:
🔗 https://techreflector25.blogspot.com/2026/02/excessive-mobile-phone-use-in-young-children-effects.html
#DigitalParenting #ChildHealth #ScreenTimeAwareness #TechReflector

Ensure your child's online safety with YouTube's updated parental controls 🎥 Now you can limit screen time and block YouTube Shorts for a safer viewing experience! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 #OnlineSafety #ParentalControls #YouTubeShorts #DigitalParenting
https://www.squaredtech.co/youtube-parental-controls-block-youtube-shorts?fsp_sid=5824

Autistic teens can thrive online with the right guidance. 💙
Learn how to support digital life, safety, and self-esteem in 2026.
#AutisticTeens #DigitalParenting #Neurodiversity

https://thedigitalcove.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/raising-autistic-teens-in-a-digital-and-social-media-world/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Parenting Still Requires Authority — Even Online

Actor/director Andy Lauer discusses setting boundaries with kids in a digital world and pushing back on the idea that parents are powerless.

The episode explores digital childhood and the erosion of job security for actors in the age of streaming.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation → https://youtu.be/nIc92qk6tEI

#Podcast #DigitalParenting #ScreenTime #Streaming #InternetCulture

Technology Shapes Us — Intention Shapes the Outcome

Actor/director Andy Lauer on how the internet can either harm or help kids, depending on how it’s used.
A discussion on digital parenting and the erosion of job security for actors in the streaming economy.

🎧 https://youtu.be/nIc92qk6tEI

#Podcast #DigitalParenting #Streaming #Hollywood #InternetCulture

Screens, Streaming & the Death of Job Security

This week on The Internet Is Crack
Actor/director Andy Lauer joins the show to discuss parenting in a digital world and the erosion of job security in Hollywood’s streaming economy.

🎧 https://youtu.be/nIc92qk6tEI

#Podcast #DigitalParenting #Streaming #InternetCulture #Hollywood

Phụ huynh vẫn giữ vai trò then chốt để bảo vệ trẻ em trên mạng

Theo chuyên gia, việc cấm trẻ em dưới 16 tuổi sử dụng mạng xã hội như Australia sẽ khó khả thi tại Việt Nam do thách thức trong thực thi. Thay vào đó, phụ huynh cần là người định hướng, đồng hành và giám sát con em mình khi tham gia môi trường số.

#ChildOnlineSafety #AnToanChoTreEm #PhuHuynh #DigitalParenting #BaoVeTreEm #OnlineSafety #Parenting #TechForKids

https://vietnamnet.vn/phu-huynh-van-giua-vai-tro-then-chot-de-bao-ve-

A new study shows that kids are making AI companions their friends, by asking them to solve their problems and sharing secrets with them 🤖🧠 . For parents, the rise of AI companions raises both excitement and concern.
But, how does this impact learning, real-world connections and safety? 🧩✨

💻 Read more here: https://zurl.co/zowdc

#BabyYumYum #BYY #AIForKids #DigitalParenting #ChildDevelopment #TechAndKids #ParentingTips #LearningWithAI #ModernParenting #AICompanions

Sharenting creates digital footprints before kids take their first selfie. By 2030, 2/3 of minor identity theft will trace back to parental oversharing. Can you celebrate your child online without building a past they'll resent? Pause before posting.
https://theurb.co/sharenting

#Sharenting #DigitalParenting #OnlinePrivacy #ChildSafety #ParentingTips #DigitalFootprint #SocialMediaParenting #PrivacyMatters #ConsciousParenting #DigitalWellness #CyberSafety #OnlineSafety #ParentLife #Privacy

Úc đang xem xét việc cấm trẻ em dưới 16 tuổi sử dụng mạng xã hội. Đây là chủ đề đang gây tranh luận sôi nổi, gợi mở cho nhiều quốc gia khác cân nhắc các biện pháp hạn chế tương tự để bảo vệ thế hệ trẻ trên không gian mạng.

#MạngXãHội #AnToànTrẻEm #Úc #ChínhSách #CôngNghệ #SocialMedia #ChildSafety #Australia #DigitalParenting #TechPolicy

https://vtcnews.vn/cam-tre-em-su-dung-mang-xa-hoi-cau-chuyen-nong-cua-nhieu-quoc-gia-ar989482.html

Behind every ad is a message, and teens are listening. 📱✨
Media advertising is quietly shaping how young people think, act and feel about who they are. Here’s what parents need to know about its hidden impact.
Read the full article here 👉 https://zurl.co/SXxlj

#BabyYumYum #TeenBehaviour #ParentingJourney #ParentingInSA #SouthAfricanParents #MediaAwareness #SocialMediaInfluence #ParentingTips #DigitalParenting #FamilyWellbeing

Character.AI's Minor Ban: The AI Safety Debate
https://eproductempire.blogspot.com/2025/10/characterais-minor-ban-turning-point.html #CharacterAI #AISafety #ChildSafety #ProtectKidsOnline #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #TechNews #AIFuture #DigitalParenting #AIEthics

📱 It might feel like a quick fix for online safety, but covering your child’s face with an emoji doesn’t erase their identity. Our latest article explains why real online safety goes beyond emojis and what parents should consider before sharing.

📖 Read more here: https://zurl.co/JASnh

#BabyYumYum #BYY #OnlineSafety #DigitalParenting #ProtectOurKids #ParentingSupport #BYYParenting

📱🏠 Too Much Screen Time at Home? You’re Not Alone! Screens are everywhere — but with a few gentle boundaries, you can create a healthier tech balance for your child (and yourself!). This guide shares simple, realistic ways to manage screen time without guilt or tantrums. Read more: https://zurl.co/bi8qq

#ScreenTimeBalance #DigitalParenting #GentleParenting #BabyYumYum #HealthyHabits

Meta's dropping new parental controls for its AI experiences, letting guardians block characters and monitor teen chats. Soon, you can even cut off AI conversations completely. Is this a necessary digital babysitter or just more complex tech to manage?

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/meta-previews-new-parental-controls-for-its-ai-experiences/

#MetaAI #ParentalControls #TechNews #AISafety #DigitalParenting

Meta's Instagram is rolling out stricter settings for teen accounts, blocking "age-inappropriate content" and search terms like "alcohol" and "gore." Even intentional misspellings are on the block. They're aiming for a PG-13 vibe, but also *more* restrictive? The plot thickens. Is this a step towards safer platforms or just more digital chaperoning?
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/instagram-makes-teen-accounts-more-restrictive-120000653.html?src=rss
#InstagramSafety #Meta #TeenTech #DigitalParenting #SocialMedia

Weekly output: NextGen Acela, Evernote V11, Verizon CEOs, RGB LED, screen time, Cranky Dorkfest, Verizon buys Starry, AT&T standalone 5G, TiVo DVRs

This week will have me crossing a state off my states-visited list for the first time since 2009–Wisconsin, where Oshkosh Corp. is hosting a press day to show off its government and industrial vehicles, including the U.S. Postal Service’s new and behind-schedule duckface trucks. I don’t have a good explanation for why I had not set foot in that state sooner and can only apologize to America’s Dairyland for the extended oversight.

10/6/2025: Amtrak’s new Acela trains can’t keep up with high-speed rail, Fast Company

After taking the new trains to and from New York at the end of August, I had ambitions of writing this story much faster than I did–sort of like how Amtrak had ambitions of getting the new train into service much sooner than it did. But getting the level of detail that I wanted about the railroad’s plans to upgrade the power infrastructure along the Northeast Corridor took more time than I expected.

(I included the full text of Amtrak’s detailed explanation of its plans to improve the catenary along the NEC in the commentary-enhanced version of this post that I published early on Patreon.)

10/6/2025: Major Evernote Update Taps AI for Search and Transcription, But Not Writing, PCMag

I had about an hour Friday to quiz Evernote product lead Federico Simionato about Bending Spoons’ plans for the note-taking app that it bought in 2023, and which I’ve used since 2010–so of course I took notes in my Mac’s copy of Evernote while using the Android app to record our conversation for subsequent AI transcription.

10/6/2025: Verizon Hot-Swaps Current CEO for Ex-PayPal Boss, PCMag

I don’t usually cover C-suite departures and arrivals, but I had some free time. And Verizon’s new chief executive Dan Schulman has a sufficiently interesting backstory–see the New York Times’ interview of him in 2008–that I told my editors I could pick up this item.

10/7/2025: RGB LED Is Getting Its Time in the Spotlight. Will TV Shoppers Tune In?, PCMag

I started writing this post at IFA–the first version had a Berlin dateline. But then I got sufficiently sidetracked and got in enough reporting after that tech trade show for the piece to evolve from an event recap to a broader assessment of a tech development.

10/8/2025: It’s Not Just You: Parents Everywhere Struggle to Set Screen-Time Boundaries, PCMag

Pew’s data about the level of technology use respondents to its survey allowed among kids 12 years old or younger made me feel slightly better about my own attempts at digital parenting.

10/8/2025: What happens when online plane enthusiasts meet up IRL?, Fast Company

This recap of Cranky Dorkfest 2025 was easily the most fun that I’ve had with a story since the last time I went to Florida to see a space launch.

10/8/2025: Verizon to Buy Wireless Broadband Pioneer Starry, Fold It Into Its Home Internet Service, PCMag

Writing this sent me back a ways–both to writing about Starry in its early days, including a December 2017 feature for Yahoo Finance, but also to covering Starry founder Chet Kanojia’s previous venture, the local-TV-streaming service Aereo that the Supreme Court put out of business in a dubious 2014 opinion.

10/9/2025: AT&T Switches on Standalone 5G Nationwide, Unlocking Future Network Slice Services, PCMag

This post also covers Verizon’s advances in standalone 5G, about which that carrier has been quieter than AT&T and T-Mobile.

10/9/2025: Time’s Up for a Timeshifting Trailblazer: TiVo Discontinues Its Standalone DVRs, PCMag

I would have written this much faster if I didn’t get sucked down a rabbit hole of old TiVo posts and reviews, followed by my checking my own TiVo purchase history.

#Acela #Amtrak #ATT5G #avgeek #BendingSpoons #CrankyDorkfest #DanSchulman #digitalParenting #Evernote #fixedWireless #fixedWirelessBroadband #highSpeedRail #IFA #LAX #NEC #NextGenAcela #NortheastCorridor #PewResearchCenter #RGBLED #screenTime #Sony #standalone5G #StarryInternet #Verizon5G #VerizonCEO

As you probably know by now, Sean Martin, CISSP and I are not going to be in Melbourne for #CyberCon with the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) this year... which really sucks as we had a great time there in 2024 - We met amazing people, created great content, and truly miss sharing quality time with the #cybersecurity community Down Under!

But this isn't stopping us from being virtually there by reconnecting with friends and meeting new ones while covering the event remotely.

So here's my conversation with the one and only Jacqueline Jayne (JJ) talking about her upcoming session: "Beyond Blame: Keeping Our Kids Safe Online" at CyberCon Melbourne (October 15-17, 2025).

There's something fundamentally broken in how we approach online safety for young people. We're quick to point fingers—at tech companies, at schools, at kids themselves—but JJ wants to change that conversation entirely.

Watch the teaser, then dive into the full episode:

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Highlights: https://youtu.be/xeu1sZ3KiiM

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Full episode: https://youtu.be/v-41rOVds-U

🎧 Audio: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/beyond-blame-navigating-the-digital-world-with-our-kids-interview-with-jacqueline-jj-jayne-aisa-cybercon-melbourne-2025-coverage-on-location-with-sean-martin-and-marco-ciappelli

What are your thoughts on this topic? Drop a comment!

#OnlineSafety #DigitalParenting #ParentingTips #KidsSafety #CyberConMelbourne #AISACyberCon #DigitalLiteracy #cybersecurity #infosec #technology #society

Megan Spielvogel CAE Ben Walkenhorst, GAICD ITSPmagazine

👨‍👩‍👧 Ever feel like screens are stealing family time?
Between phones, & endless notifications, parenting in the digital age can feel like a full-time tech battle.

Balancing technology and family life is about creating smarter habits that strengthen your bond while keeping screen time healthy.

https://drchetandhongade.com/relationships/parenting-strategic-guide/

#Parenting
#DigitalParenting
#FamilyLife
#ParentingTips
#MindfulParenting
#ScreenTime
#ParentingInTheDigitalAge
#HealthyHabits
#ModernParenting
#ParentingCommunity
#DrChetanDhongade