Online Safety Refresher! 3 Checklists to Protect Your Kids
Now’s the perfect time to brush up on your online safety strategies! In fact, several of our readers asked for an Online Safety Refresher, and that’s exactly what we developed! (In just a few minutes,...
View Article7 Tactics a Child Predator Uses to Lure Kids: Red Flag Phrases Every Parent...
This is a guest post written by Kimberly King, an award-winning author, teacher, and authority on the subject of sexual abuse prevention. As parents, we all want to keep our kids safe from harm. We...
View ArticleSexual Assault Nurse Links Porn to Child-on-Child Abuse: Interview with...
Heidi Olson is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) who shines the light on the links between pornography and child-on-child sexual abuse and online sextortion. Her job at a Kansas City hospital...
View ArticleScreen Time and the Brain: Expert Advice on Electronic Addiction and Teaching...
I recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Christy Kane to talk about screen time and the brain. You can watch the recording of our interview or read the transcript (edited for clarity) with links...
View ArticleAutism and Porn: A 5-Step Game Plan for Protecting Special Kids
Many parents have asked us how to tackle the topic of pornography with children who have autism. Not much has been written on the topic of autism and porn, but there are some special considerations to...
View Article7 Digital Parenting Books to Help You Raise Screen-Smart Kids
There are so many great digital parenting books out there, but so little time! Since we can’t read ALL the books, some members of our staff each picked a different digital parenting book to read and...
View ArticleRacism Is Rampant in Porn: 3 Beautiful Ways to Help Kids Reject Both
Did you know that porn is racist? It’s true! Not only is pornography teaching toxic messages about sex, it’s also a cesspool of racism. In fact, pornography is rife with racist stereotypes. And...
View ArticleHow to Discipline in the Digital Age: 5 Top Tips for Parents
The word discipline literally means, “Training to ensure proper behavior.” When it comes to pornography, discipline is training to ensure safe behavior. All of us want our kids to be safe, but how do...
View ArticleInstagram Alert! Are Sex Traffickers Targeting Your Kids?
It’s no secret that there’s been a rise in online child sexual exploitation during this pandemic. Combine that with summertime and there’s simply more time and opportunity for kids to be online. That...
View ArticleGateway to Porn? Sexual Objectification in Video Games
Today’s post focuses on sexual objectification in video games. We talked with a gaming mom to get her take on the issue: I first saw objectification in video games when I was about 10 years old,...
View ArticleTikTok: The Sound of an App Stealing Your Kid’s Life Away
Today we bring you a guest post by Collin Kartchner. Collin is a child advocate, social activist and founder of the world-wide movement #SavetheKids. Last year he spoke roughly 500 times at schools and...
View ArticleJuvenile Judge Warns Parents! Is Your Child at Risk for Harmful Sexual...
Several years ago, I was watching the news and saw the story of a father who had shot and killed his 14-year-old son because the son had sexually abused his younger sibling. That story was profoundly...
View ArticleChromebook Safety 101: 5 Easy Tips for a Better School Year
Millions of kids have been issued devices for school this year whether they’re learning at home, in-person or a combination of the two. Chromebooks are often the device of choice because they’re an...
View Article3 Ways Bark Protects Your Child from Porn
Today’s post comes from our friends over at Bark. While no tech solution is foolproof and we emhasize the importance of helping your child install an INTERNAL filter, we’re also big fans of using the...
View Article4 Body Safety Rules to Protect Kids Ages 5-10
Child sexual abuse happens all the time and it’s gut-wrenching. And child-on-child sexual abuse is on the rise. This growing crisis is fueled by pornography. But there are some things you CAN DO as a...
View ArticlePopular MMO Games: Should You Let Your Kids Play? 4 Guidelines to Increase...
Massively Multiplayer Online games (or MMOs) are video games that get their excitement from online interaction between players (like Fortnite and World of Warcraft). If your teen wants to play an MMO,...
View ArticleInstagram Safety Upgrade! Discover New Tool to Protect Youth
Instagram is making an effort to create a safer space for its users–especially for youth!Earlier this summer we warned you about how Instagram is a popular tool for child predators and sex traffickers....
View ArticleParent Alert! Porn Spam on Your Kid’s Google Drive?! 3 Things You Need to...
Do your kids have a Chromebook or a Google account for school or personal use? If so, they also have access to Google Drive.And that means your kids may have a direct and unfiltered path for predators...
View ArticleThe Shocking Tactics Sex Traffickers Use to Trap Your Kids and 5 Ways You Can...
Recently I had the opportunity to interview Russ Tuttle of The Stop Trafficking Project. Watch our interview or read the transcript below.Note: The transcription of this interview has been edited for...
View ArticleParent Alert! Schools Offer Erotic Lit to 5 Year Olds through Library Apps! 5...
Nearly every school-issued device comes with a library app, which seems like a safe and reasonable choice for educational devices. But one parent alerted us that her kids had EASY access to erotic lit...
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