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Ugly Meter App ~ Trick App or Possible Cyberbullying Tool
At the end of last week, I came across some articles about the new release of the Ugly Meter app that is available for the iPhone and iPad on iTunes for $.99. The Ugly Meter app, Version 2.76, created by Dapper Gentlemen was released on November 29th, and adds a Bully Mode with meaner insults. [...]
Klout Makes Changes to Improve Child Privacy
This article is a follow up to the October 28, 2011, Kids Email blog post entitled, “Can Klout take your child’s privacy away.” Since that article was published there have been some major changes at Klout.com regarding Privacy and we here at KidsEmail want to make sure you are up to date on this issue. [...]
Keeping Kids Safe From Online Predators
According to a study done by Dateline in 2006, law enforcement officials say that there are nearly 50,000 sexual predators online at any given moment. Doesn’t sound like a good place for your children to spend time does it? It is a pretty risky thing to send them online in today’s world, yet if the [...]
Supervising Your Children Online
PBS, Weekly Reader and Disney all have websites that provide education and entertainment for children. But should you let your young child look at these websites when you are not in the room. NO! Children always need to be supervised when surfing the web. You may vigilant about installing parental controls. You may talk to [...]
Dallas Paper Publishes Online Safety Tips
Because of my work with KidsEmail, I have Google alerts set up for keywords such as online predator, online safety, Internet safety, etc… I found it interesting that a newspaper as large as the “Dallas Morning News” published a simple list of online safety tips for parents. I liked number 4–use parental controls. But as [...]
Department of Defense Ceases Software Sales
A software designed for children of military families is being scruitnized by the Department of Defense. Read more about it here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10408809-245.html?tag=mncol
Internet Bullying Makes the Cover of People
People Magazine ditched it’s coverage of gossip this week to talk about a real problem–Internet bullying. The story focuses on a Massachusetts teen who killed herself after she was bullied online. The story has been featured in many other publications. This should be a wake-up call to parents to monitor their children’s online activities. You [...]
The Hot Topic–Internet Bullying
It’s been on the cover of People this week and was featured on the Today Show. Parents are growing more and more concerned about Internet bullying. We are concerned about it too. That’s why were are here–to protect children from all types of dangers online. Feel free to ask us a question about Internet bullying. [...]
Make money for your school, church group or organization
Raising money is challenging. And how many chocolate bars can you eat and how much wrapping paper do you need? Parents, grandparents and co-workers get tired of the same items year after year. KidsEmail.org has a fundraiser that will not only help earn money for your organizations but educate the public about Internet Safety. More [...]
Concerns from Overseas–Internet Mobbing
Over the weekend someone left a poll on our Facebook page about “Internet Mobbing.” I was not familiar with that term and I had to look it up. Internet Mobbing is what we often call “cyberbullying.” Kids get together and pick on other kids online. While a lot of this happens on social media sites [...]
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