By Alice Williams Even with new social apps popping up all the time YouTube is still all the rage among youngsters. But sadly, disturbing content on YouTube is also all the rage. And while YouTube Kids is better, it still should not be used with a hands-off approach to content [...]
Twenty-five years ago, mainstream use of digital technology was not widespread. According to the Census Bureau, only 8.2 percent of U.S. homes had a personal computer in 1984, and over 99% of U.S. households had no internet access. Most Americans – about 84% -- had no cell phone. Even though [...]
If you received a personal computer as a holiday present in the 90’s, you would have been part of a fairly exclusive group of Americans. According to US census data, only about a third of the American population had a personal computer in 1997. Fast forward to 2000 and half [...]
“You’ll never get a scholarship to college playing video games!” said Moms everywhere, since the Atari 2600 became a mainstay in dens and basements in the 1980s and with every iteration of gaming platforms since. Well, it turns out, Mom was, um, wrong! Welcome to the world of esports—where globalized [...]
By Alice Williams It’s no secret—using the internet can be risky business. Beyond Amazon Prime fueling your impulsive buys or Instagram sucking you in for hours, the internet can be dangerous for more than just your time or your wallet—especially for kids. A seemingly harmless game of Fortnite or simply [...]
Savvy Cyber Kids exists to enable youth, families and school communities to be empowered by technology. We believe that the adults in young people’s lives have a responsibility to guide young people with a comprehensive cyber safety and cyber ethics education. After all, today’s youth are growing up in a [...]
Like many parents, you may be wondering if your child’s passion for gaming is time that should be spent on academics. Fear not, the ever-burgeoning world of gaming—with 2.2 billion gamers in the world, that’s more than 25 percent of the entire global population—and $108 billion in video games sales [...]
In 2017, Harvard rescinded acceptances to a group of youth because their online behavior, in the form of memes, was offensive. Read more about it here. Well, it’s almost back to school which means it’s time to remind your kids that their stupid behavior as teenagers, when preserved online, can [...]
There was a time when a gamer was considered a young person at home in a dark room littered with fast food remnants, engaging only with the game and not with another person for hours and hours on end. Today—thanks to multiplayer online games—the act of gaming is no longer [...]
Raising a ‘savvy cyber kid’ does not just happen. It takes involved parents – parents who are aware of their kids’ online activities and more than a few ‘tech talks’ before a child will begin to absorb the basic premises of cyber safety and cyber ethics. After all, some of [...]
