The new Color photo-sharing app for iPhone and Android smartphones, is free, potentially fun, and has no age restrictions. And it will probably have a lot of appeal for our highly social, digital photography-loving kids who love to share and tag. It also has staying power. Color "has all-star founders who have an impressive track record," reports ReadWriteWeb, and they raised $41 million to get … [Read more...] about New phone app: Color me (& us) careful!
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‘The No-Blame Approach’ to defusing bullying
Dateline NBC hit some key points about bullies and bystanders while skimming along the surface in "My Kid Would Never Bully." The show set up two pretty stereotypical scenarios (one involving boys in a gym and the other girls discussing fashion), hired two actors for each (one playing the bully and the other the victim), brought in 3-4 "real kids" who were the bystanders, and had parents and … [Read more...] about ‘The No-Blame Approach’ to defusing bullying
US parenting & the Net: Study
Remember the old "no TV for a week" verdict when we misbehaved? Well, that's being nudged out by the new "no Internet for a week" one, according to the 10th-annual USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future survey. "Parents are now limiting their children’s Internet access and television use in nearly identical ways," the Center reports. While for years three in five American households restrict … [Read more...] about US parenting & the Net: Study
Help for your family’s tech-support kid!
Is there a teenager at your house playing the role of family CTO (Chief Technology Officer) or doing tech support for the entire extended family? Well, this is pretty cute (and useful): something to that tough job a little easier: TeachParentsTech.org, created by employees of Google who know first-hand what it's like, according to Mashable.com. [Here is a sample list of tech-support tasks the … [Read more...] about Help for your family’s tech-support kid!
Facebook profile’s new look: Good & bad
I have mixed feelings about the Facebook profile facelift announced this week: On one hand, it's harder to fake, I think, strengthening the site's "real name culture" and to some degree user accountability. On the other hand, it seems to encourage people to share more information about themselves (Facebook's stated mission) and to put the surface of who we are even more front and center. "Instead … [Read more...] about Facebook profile’s new look: Good & bad