Screen time, internet safety, effective parenting in the "Digital Age," we'll cover that and more as we take a look at what our children are doing online and on their mobile devices!
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6. What Are They Doing On Mobile?
• Sharing: pics and vids
• Exploring: pics and vids
• Following/Consuming: @kingbach,
@kyliejenner, @pewdiepie, @kingbach, @kyliejenner, @mileycyrus,
@tobuscus, @genuineguy_, @mrgiveyogirlback, @9gag,
@MatthewEspinosa, @davidlopez, @BrandonCalvillo, @Mr_Carterr,
@Lance210, @nashgrier, @danbilzerian
• “Hooking Up” using
geolocation
7. What Are They Doing On Mobile?
VAULT APPS
• Calculator%, Keep Safe
Private Photo Vault, Best
Secret Folder
8. What Are They Doing On Mobile?
Saturday morning network
cartoons are dead!
Rated R: While YouTube allows
for tagging of explicit material,
there is currently no facility in
place to do the same for app-
13. Parenting Toolbox: PIDA
If you aren’t having
conversations with your
children that make you a bit
uncomfortable, you may not be
having the right conversations.
@tshakaarmstrong #PIDA
14. Parenting Toolbox: PIDA
• Set clear guidelines and
boundaries.
• No computers, cell phones,
tablets in the bedroom at bedtime.
• Laptops use with screen facing
the door.
• Routers as a kill switch for all
traffic in the home.
15. Wireless Routers
When you have multiple devices in your home that you’d like to connect to the internet, the best way to
facilitate that connection is to use something called a router. A router takes one internet connection and
allows more than one device to access it at the same time.
Generally, we recommend a wireless router because it is easier for multiple devices in your home to share
one connection when done over a wireless connection. For example, and depending on the age of your
children, you may have: a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a gaming console such as a XBOX360 or
PS3, a portable gaming system such as a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP and an iPod Touch or cell phone
which has wifi built-in. All of these devices have the ability to connect to the internet and having to do so
over a wired connection would have your living space looking like a bird’s nest at some point. A wireless
connection however would allow you to forgo the nest of wires and share your internet connection, from
just about anywhere in your average size home or apartment, with several devices.
Fortunately for many who are considering their internet options, Internet Service Providers are now
including wireless internet devices when you subscribe to their services and they’ll even set up your
home wireless network for you*.
*Check with your local provider as some may charge a fee for wireless internet setup.
20. Third party cellular parental control services often utilize a web based
component with an application which resides locally on the child’s handset.
Some of these applications are cellular web browser replacements only, but
will generally offer greater control over filtering than what cell service
providers offer.
The third party parental control applications which offer the most robust
options for parents are generally subscription based and carry with them a
monthly fee, while browser replacements are generally a one-time fee.
Parental control applications we recommend are: MyMobileWatchdog.com
and TeenSafe. Great browser replacement offerings for the iPhone/Touch/Pad
are: internetsafety.com and NetNanny.
Keep them on task with OurPact for iOS
33. Video Game Ratings Explained
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Titles rated EC (Early Childhood) have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older. Contains no material
that parents would find inappropriate.
EVERYONE
Titles rated E (Everyone) have content that may be suitable for ages 6 and older. Titles in this category may
contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.
EVERYONE 10+
Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older. Titles in this
category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.
TEEN
Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain
violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong
language.
MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category
may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.
ADULTS ONLY
Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this
category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.
RATING PENDING
Titles listed as RP (Rating Pending) have been submitted to the ESRB and are awaiting final rating. (This symbol
appears only in advertising prior to a game's release.)
37. DLC – Downloadable Content
Downloadable content is simply: extra
content for a video game which may be
downloaded for that game from the game
producer’s website or enthusiast sites. Most of
the time, this content adds new levels to the
games or new characters but in some cases it
adds some adult options which may not have
been part of the game at the time of
purchase.
Editor's Notes
Anonymity is more than just a means to get away from the prying eye of parents. With Snowden in the news and so many articles about NSA surveillance, high school children are really curious about it. But that’s not all, they’re also using it to explore their digital and physical worlds in the same way we did when we were children. We left in the AM and had to be home before the street lights came on. We were able to explore our world pretty much on our own terms.
Your children are trying to do the same thing which is why so many have left Facebook. You’re there Where are have they gone, where will they be going? Let’s get into that.
Tor is short for The Onion Router (thus the logo) and was initially a worldwide network of servers developed with the U.S. Navy that enabled people to browse the internet anonymously. Now, it's a non-profit organization whose main purpose is the research and development of online privacy tools.
Midnight Show DLC with the Saboteur-FREE (Parent Watch) (ESRB M=Mature)
In this "open-world" third-person shooter, players control an Irish racing mechanic who seeks revenge against Nazis in German-occupied Paris during the 1940s. Players engage in hand-to-hand combat, perform "stealth kills," shoot guns, and plant and set off explosives to destroy Nazi targets. Stealth kills usually involve breaking the necks of Nazi soldiers or stabbing them from behind; gun attacks can include carjacking an enemy in a vehicle—players shoot the driver and throw out the body before getting into the car—and shooting soldiers or civilians while they're on the ground (i.e., postmortem damage). Most of these attacks are accompanied by depictions of blood: the blood sprays out of targets and may pool on the ground or stain surrounding walls. In the free-roaming context, players have the ability to approach any character and use machine guns, rocket launchers, and flamethrowers against him; the cries of pain and screaming from these characters may be unsettling (though players are penalized for killing civilians via the point system). And in districts where the Nazi presence is strong (i.e., the "Will-to-Fight" is low), players may witness civilians in the background getting executed by enemy soldiers.
The game contains sexual themes and nudity. Female dancers inside a Parisian cabaret are depicted topless, wearing thong-style underwear that expose their buttocks. Inside a French brothel, women walk around with very little clothing on—essentially, topless with the exception of "pasties" as coverings. German soldiers are sometimes shown groping and fondling prostitutes, dancers, and waitresses; prostitutes can be seen walking the streets of Paris, though sexual acts are only mentioned, never depicted. Characters also reference sex/sexuality in the dialogue (e.g., "A girl should always carry protection," "Laying on your back all day gives one perspective on life," and "We're hitting the brothels later. Want to come?"). The dialogue drives much of the storyline, and those who deliver it use profanity (e.g., "f**k," "sh*t," "c*ck," and "a*shole") in no uncertain terms.