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 [...]
Back to school is almost here and our kids are getting ready to greet the new school year with excitement and anticipation. As our kids get older, we hope that some of the earliest lessons from preschool years are still remembered, lessons like ‘be kind to others’ and ‘treat others [...]
According to the New York Times, in an article titled, The Ads Think They Know You, most ads that you see online are “tailored just for you’...and ‘powered by vast, hidden datasets that allow advertisers to make eerily accurate guesses about who you are, where you’ve been, how you feel [...]
A recent story has been making the rounds across social media platforms, news outlets and inboxes far and wide. Boy meets drunken girl at a party, brings her to a basement, where he sexually assaults and rapes the young woman while filming the encounter. The family court judge defended the [...]
No doubt, by now you have heard of phishing, the fraudulent practice of using emails, DMs or texts that end up taking you to a copycat websites pretending to be from a reputable company in order to get you to reveal personal information, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, [...]
In the Digital Age, we are spending more of our day online and less time IRL (in real life). From shopping and dating to learning and teaching, our interactions online are having a greater influence on how we and others see ourselves, how we think, and how we see the [...]
On March 26, Ben Halpert, Savvy Cyber Kids’ founder, gave testimony before Georgia Legislature’s House committee in support of HR 553, which would create a House study committee on cyber-bullying. Ben told state representatives, “Those wishing to cause our children harm now have more effective ways of doing so. The [...]
Digital Parents, did you know that sexting, sending a sexually explicit message electronically, via a text, an email or through an app with words, emojis, photos and/or video—is on the rise, especially among teens? According To The Journal Of The American Medical Association 1 In 4 Teens Are Sexting. Experts [...]
Maybe this has happened to you? You visited your grandchildren and watched one of them. sitting on the couch holding a Nintendo Switch gaming controller with eyes sharply focused on the TV screen. He/she was wearing a headset with a boom microphone and talking to someone as if they were [...]
It’s only a game, what can go wrong? Actually a lot. Quite a lot. To be clear, you are not about to read a prescriptive warning to STOP your children from gaming. Savvy Cyber Kids thinks there are a lot of benefits and a lot of fun to be had [...]
