NTSB Call to Arms: No call, no text, no update

teen distracted driver

Today the NTSB formally recommended a nationwide ban on texting while driving. Given the statistics cited in their press release, and the amount of near misses we’ve all experienced, this almost seems a day late. The prompt for this national ban was a multi-car accident in 2010 that was caused by a distracted driving texter:… [Continue Reading]

Steve Jobs: His Impact Is Not Just Technological

How many Apple devices do you own? At the moment, we own 10 among the 4 of us between MacBooks, iPods, iPhones, an Airport Express and an iPad. At any given point during our waking, one of us is using an Apple device. When you take a step back and consider not only the amount… [Continue Reading]

Kick Off CyberSecurity Awareness Month by Being More Cyber-Aware

I love the theme of this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month: “Our Shared Responsibility” That truly hits the nail on the head with the best way to approach not only our safety and security online, but our developing kids and teens as well. Just as we do offline, approaching the online world with the… [Continue Reading]

New Facebook Changes: helpful or annoying?

Like many of you, I woke up today with an interesting email from Facebook that immediately grabbed my attention, in a good way:         The euphoria was not to last long, though. Checking Facebook shortly after I was done with email, I found myself scratching my head. Instead of the usual newsfeed… [Continue Reading]

Dr. Gwenn’s Family Media Use Plan

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Kelping Kids with “Text-iquette”

Do your kids text?

My 12 year old has a friend who loves to text but doesn’t get that it exists on a phone that

1. has an off switch

2. belongs to a person who may be busy when the text comes in an unable to return the text right away.