Parents And Internet Safety: Mom, We Need To Talk

By on February 1, 2011 3 Comments
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So how many of you parent bloggers (or non-parent bloggers who have been annoyingly misclassified by some PR agency) received a pitch on teaching your offspring Internet safety? Okay, you can put your hand down, I know we’ve pretty much all received them. Sure, teaching kids how to understand and use technology without spilling out [...]

Google CEO’s Vision For the Future: New Names For Your Children

By on August 18, 2010 2 Comments
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Ask the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, what he sees when he looks in to his crystal ball and he’ll tell you something kind of scary: he sees a future where youth will be able to change their names in order to keep their previous web activities from catching up with them. Think about that [...]

Parenting in the 21st Century: When Your Kid Is Big In Japan

By on July 29, 2010 5 Comments
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Imagine posting pics of your infant son and then discovering, ten years later, that he’s become an internet sensation in Japan – as a meme! That’s exactly what happened to Allen S. Rout, and he only found out when he decided to Google himself. After scrolling through 18 pages of results, he recognized his name [...]

Mother Surprised to Find Her Toddler on Google Street View, Naked

By on July 7, 2010 3 Comments
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If you happen to see the Google Street View cam car driving by and your kids are playing on the front lawn, stick your head out the front door and make sure they’re fully clothed… or else. Claire Rowlands, a young mother from Britain, was shocked to see her naked three-year-old son on Google Street [...]