BOB'S BLOG

March 31, 2017

Poll: Do you allow your kids screen time in restaurants?

Some restaurants are offering customers electronics to entertain their kids at meal time. Would you take up the offer?

March 30, 2017

8 Basic Rules For Posting About Your Own Parenting On Facebook

Oh, Facebook. It’s one of the best and worst things technology has ever given us. It’s a total time waster, but it’s also a wonderful way to connect with people you wouldn’t otherwise be able to talk to. There’s a shift that happens on Facebook, thou

March 30, 2017

These 8 schools have A+ mobile device programs—here’s why

Technology continues to raise the bar of what is possible in education. As more schools discover the power and benefits of education technology, mobile devices such as Chromebooks, Macs and iPads i…

March 30, 2017

Approaching the issue of sexual extortion with youth

Are you sure you want to send that photo? That’s the question the Uncertain Terms campaign is hoping teenagers will ask themselves before they send compromising photos that could be used as part of sexual extortion, or sextortion.

March 30, 2017

How to Teach Your Kids Financial Fitness

Parents teach their children physical fitness — from learning to walk to riding a bike — to set them on a healthy path, and teaching them financial fitness is just as important. Just as parents incorporate motor skills lessons based on age, they can also use children’s developmental stages to

March 29, 2017

‘Power Rangers’: Why the Reboot Takes On Cyberbullying

“If you are going to make a movie about teenagers today, you’ve got to deal with the issues and the challenges they are facing in their world,” says director Dean Israelite.

March 29, 2017

Study reveals the top 10 ways parents embarrass their kids – Sunday Post

PARENTS embarrassing their kids is as much a part of having children as changing nappies. But while the fact that mums and dads embarrass their children — and quite possibly enjoy it — hasn’t changed, it seems they’re doing it in a much more modern way. A new study has found that the primary route … Continued

March 29, 2017

Charges: Asst. Principal Had Sexual Conversations With Minors Via SnapChat

An assistant principal in Bemidji is accused of trying to solicit children to engage in sexual conduct over the internet.

March 28, 2017

Don’t Be A Bystander: A father takes aim at bullying in the Twitter age

VERMONT — John Halligan figured he was plugged into technology when he worked at industry titan IBM’s former Essex Junction plant some 15 years ago. But after his teenage son Ryan committed suicide to escape cyberbullying, the father realized …