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Taking Control Of Your Online Privacy
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 [...]
Cyber Ethics Conversation Starter for Back to School
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 [...]
Its 2019, Do You Know Who Is Tracking You?
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 [...]
How to NOT Raise Your Son to be a Rapist
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 [...]
Phishing: You Know What It Is But Will You Know When It Happens To You?
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, [...]
How do you protect your children in an increasingly online world?
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 [...]
Georgia Considers Bill on Preventing Cyber Bullying
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 [...]
Facebook Account Hacked? You’ve been Pwned… Fix It!
I am guessing you have gotten quite a few notifications from Facebook friends that they’re Facebook accounts have been hacked. Maybe it’s happened to you? Either way, I am sure there was lot of well-meaning messaging back and forth, encouraging reporting to Facebook and more. Here is what you need [...]
Sexting Teens
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 [...]
What Are You Playing? A Look At Current Video Game Obsessions
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 [...]
Misbehavior and Scams in Video Games
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 [...]
Even After You Die, Watch Out For Identity Theft
No doubt, you are aware your personal information is a valuable asset that could be of great benefit to an identity thief. You know this and you’re teaching your children to keep their identity private when they are online and not to share personal information – anything from name, address [...]