Family Safety Articles
According to a 2022 survey, Gen Z uses emojis in online communications 57% of the time. Translate that to how often your teen spends on their phone and that’s a lot of emojis. They’re so prevalent that they’re the fastest-growing language on the planet. But parents like you aren’t native speakers. While you may use…
If Love Island has taught our teens anything, it’s that at some point, you’ll be asked your “body count” (that’s the number of people you’ve slept with to you and me). And the answer could weigh heavy on the heart or uplift the spirit. Either way, it’s an important discussion to have with your young…
Family Link is a tool provided by Google to allow parents to keep tabs on their children’s activity on their Android phones. It is incredibly useful and can really protect your children when they’re using their devices. It is important for digital parenting and can help to protect a child from the terrors the internet…
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80% of parents report their children watch YouTube at least once per week, with 53% reporting that their child watches YouTube daily. For many, YouTube is an alternative to the television. Not too bad for a site that didn’t exist a couple of decades ago. Now, there’s a lot of fantastic child-focused content on YouTube,…
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Life360 allows you to stay connected with your loved ones at all times, but, at one point, you might start feeling like your family members are invading your privacy. If you’d prefer your personal life to stay personal, you might want to consider switching off location services, enabling airplane mode, or disabling Circle’s location sharing. By…
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Life360 is a location safety app that you can use to stay connected with your loved ones and ensure their safety. Though the application has been designed to serve an important purpose, users, unfortunately, constantly report experiencing issues with Life360 with the most popular being ‘the app stopped updating location’. Is there a way for…
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Imagine this: You wake up one morning, grab your phone, and realize, to your horror, all your messages have disappeared! This nightmare scenario is more common than you think, but there’s no need to panic. Welcome to your ultimate 2024 handbook on how to download messages from iCloud. In this post, we’ve turned tech nightmares into…
Has the thought of your child stumbling upon inappropriate content online ever kept you awake at night? In today’s hyper-connected era, safeguarding our digital spaces is not just a precaution, it’s a necessity. The question is no longer if, but how to block adult websites on my phone permanently to ensure our children’s online experiences…
Smartphones have become so integral to our lives that 71% of people check theirs within ten minutes of waking up. Many even say it’s their most valuable possession. A smartphone, after all, isn’t only for communication; it can also hold the key to the money in your bank accounts. It entertains you with gaming and streaming apps…
When we think of tracking someone’s phone, we imagine Google and Facebook’s invasion of privacy. But tracking isn’t always a bad thing. Take one of many stories where an iPhone 14’s crash and satellite connection features saved lives. Many people, especially parents, use this modern technology to pinpoint their family members’ locations. It makes it much easier…
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