by Darien Laird | Oct 12, 2018 | Internet, Mobile Apps, Parenting, Social Media
You’ve prepped your child for their future. They have the grades, they have the extra-curricular, they have the test scores… but is their cell phone getting in the way of their communication and time management skills? “We know that 92% of teens are online, but the...
by Darien Laird | Oct 3, 2018 | Internet, Mobile Apps, Parenting, Social Media
The Food and Drug Administration conducted a surprise inspection of Juul Labs Inc.’s headquarters in San Francisco last week. U.S. health officials are trying to combat what they call a harmful and surging health epidemic as e-cigarette use rises amongst teens....
by Darien Laird | Sep 19, 2018 | Cyberbullying, GPS, Mobile Apps, Parenting, Pornography, Social Media
French police are investigating what they say is the gang rape of a 19-year-old woman, broadcast on social media, according to BBC news. In a video that appeared on Snapchat Monday, and later Twitter, the young woman was attacked by four men. The videos have now been...
by Darien Laird | Sep 12, 2018 | Cyberbullying, Internet, Mobile Apps, Parenting, Screen Time, Social Media
“I was taking kids from school to the hospital, because they were talking about wanting to kill themselves. And then the parents would show up and have no clue what’s going on.” After 16 years in law enforcement, working at 18 different Southern California schools,...
by Darien Laird | Sep 3, 2018 | Parenting, Screen Time, Social Media
This past month, August 2018, an image from a newspaper clipping has been circulating on social media, professing a limited use of technology for kids, advocated by the top tech giants in the industry. The image, entitled “Tech Billionaire Parenting” is a portion of a...
