Archive for January, 2009

Safety Contracts for Internet & Real Life

NetSmartz is a projected of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. They have developed some very simple, downloadable, age-appropriate internet and “real life” safety contracts for your family to use. Each contract sets guidelines and boundaries for children to follow to maintain their own safety.

Select the contract that is right for your situation and download it at:

http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/pledge.htm#

Continue Reading Add comment January 4, 2009

Mom 3.0: Moms Are Techie in 2009

Today’s time-starved, multi-tasking mothers are using more than band-aids and paper-based calendars to manage their hectic lifestyles and growing families. Mothers, now more than ever, are using technology such as video, blogs and wireless devices to multi-task through their busy days, using more than 5 separate technologies daily. 2009 stands to produce a record number of tech-savvy mothers bridging devices together to create everyday solutions.

Continue Reading Add comment January 2, 2009


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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