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How to Prevent Social Engineering
For many of us, social media is just that: social. Humans are inherently social; we are built to engage with one another. Our kids are no different, making them especially drawn to this element of being online, and it makes sense – the Internet is the easiest and fastest way [...]
Support Savvy Cyber Kids and Get a Chance to Win a Tesla!
Fundraising has always been a challenge for non-profit organizations, especially small 501(c)(3) non-profits like Savvy Cyber Kids. Add the events of 2020 on top of everything else and we needed a new way to fundraise that will help us to continue to develop new and updated learning materials for parents [...]
What’s Appropriate for Kids on Disney+?
Disney has a well-deserved kid-friendly reputation, that doesn’t mean everything on Disney+, their streaming service, is appropriate for your whole family. While there’s no R-rated material on the platform, you should still understand the different sections of the streaming service and what’s offered so you can make the right decision [...]
Discussion Questions for The Social Dilemma
By Anonymous High School Student The Social Dilemma, a 2020 Netflix Documentary, features several technology experts from a variety of social media platforms who warn the public of the dangers of social media. These experts express their discomfort with the way their social tools are now being used. Justin Rosenstein, [...]
Have an impact where YOU live, Volunteer with Savvy Cyber Kids
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 [...]
Ask SCK: Should I be posting my toddler’s pictures on social media?
Dear Savvy Cyber Kids, I have a young toddler, and of course family and friends around the world. I post pictures of them on my private Instagram account, sometimes putting one on Facebook but not as often (and the audience is always my friend list but I know that means [...]
The Best First Phone for your Child
No matter the generation, kids have always wanted to grow up fast, to be like their older cousin or brother or parents. As parents, we tell our kids not to rush, for soon enough they will have all the responsibilities that come with being grown up. Over the last 10 [...]
How to Setup a MacBook with Privacy in Mind
By Anonymous High School Student At the end of last school year, my current laptop was starting to have things break. It is really hard to be in a class Zoom with broken speakers (luckily my headphones still worked). As the new school year was about to start I decided [...]
How to Protect Your Data from Theft
By Ben Halpert Legend has it that the famous bank robber Willie Sutton answered the question, “Why do you rob banks?” with “That’s where the money is.” While that statement is actually a simplification of his longer answer, that was the jist of it. Today’s cyber criminals focus on stealing [...]
Coding For Kids: Encouraging Children to Explore Coding
By HackEDU The Beauty of Introducing STEM Disciplines to Children We live in a time of upheaval and uncertainty, but there are still steps we can take to ensure we pass on a certain quality of life to our children. One of the things we can do is to expose [...]
Social Media Privacy Checkups
By Ben Halpert People spend time catching up with others and finding out what is happening throughout the world on social media more than any other method of communication. The younger you are, the more time per day you spend doing it! And when we say young, we are not [...]
How Technology May Affect Your Children’s Sleep
By Morgen Henderson It’s no secret that technology is helping us accomplish things we never thought were possible. Aside from all the benefits it gives us on a day to day basis, it can also be a great tool to keep children both engaged and occupied. In fact, children are [...]