BOB'S BLOG

March 03, 2017

Check out these apps used to lure your child into sex trafficking

Here is a new warning for parents. Check the apps on your kids’ cellphones.  Some innocent looking social media sites could lead to their abduction and ultimately being victims in the sex traffick…

March 03, 2017

‘My Friend Cayla’ Doll Records Children’s Speech, Is Vulnerable to Hackers

Consumer groups say the doll, which has a microphone and uses Bluetooth to transmit audio recordings via the Internet, poses both a security and a privacy threat.

March 03, 2017

6 signs your child is a tech addict – Vanguard News

With technology in our faces, it is unsurprising that many of us are addicted to our gadgets. You may be very unaware of this devotion to your device. Irrespective, adults can easily streamline the relationship with their gadgets. However, for children, this is absolutely not the case.

March 02, 2017

3 On Your Side: Experts Share Ideas On How To Stop Cyber-Bullying

It’s “Safer Internet Day,” and 3 On Your Side’s Jim Donovan is taking a look at how devastating cyber bullying can be, and what experts are doing right now to try and stop it.

March 02, 2017

Google Assistant, its AI-based personal helper, rolls out to Nougat and Marshmallow handsets

Google continues its march to expand its place in the mobile ecosystem, anchored by the fact that its Android OS is by far the most ubiquitous smartphone..

March 02, 2017

Parenting doesn’t end when children turn 18

So my readers understand that I also face ex-etiquette dilemmas, here’s an issue I recently dealt with. My daughter’s father and I have been divorced for years, but our daughter asked us both to travel from California to New York City to help her get settled in the next stage of her life. She confessed she was a little afraid and wanted both her parents there for moral support.It was a strangely familiar trip, and we laughed about how it felt as if time stood still. We had both moved on, but here we were helping the child we both adored.

March 02, 2017

Children’s books roundup: the best new picture books and novels

Protesting chickens, a mischievous bear, hunt the ballerinas and a Swedish horror story

March 02, 2017

The74Million is an education focused website

The74Million is an education focused website

March 02, 2017

Kids glued to phones instead of parades? Time to intervene.

Child after child, many under 5, were sitting in chairs playing on smart phones ignoring the parade.