Archive for June, 2008

Review: “Dirt E-Secrets Of An Internet Kid”

“Dirt E-Secrets Of An Internet Kid” is the title of Vanessa VanPetten’s new e-book. She is a 22-year-old blogger and published author who writes about parenting from a teen perspective. In this book Vanessa succinctly details the various ways kids use and abuse the internet. And like a socially responsible critic, she also supplies practical solutions for how parents can deal with the challenges that come with raising an internet kid.

The book includes practical advice and tools for you to use when establishing rules for technology for your child. She also explains some of the dangers to kids in the online world and how to teach your children to deal with challenges like: online gossip, cyber bullying, predators, and identity theft. (more…)

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WHAT IS GENERATION I?

Generation I is the internet generation that will have no memory of life before internet forums, email, Wikipedia, search engines, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, cell phones and texting.

What this means to parents is that unless they jump on the technology bandwagon right alongside their children, they will be living with a child who exists in a parallel universe that parents will rarely be able to enter.

The fact is, technology is fantastically fun! That's why kids use it. Parents can have fun too. Generation I should be defined as a generation of children whose level of technological sophistication lifts parents to greater awareness and achievement. Wouldn't that be a wonderful legacy to encourage?

But how? Just ask. This forum is for parents who are learning to drive as fast as their children on the technological superhighway.

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