Parental controls
What’s the password?
Saturday, March 1st, 2008For me, one of the major aggravations of the digital age is that each of us must manage a collection of passwords, just to access what is ours. And now I’m finding even parenting is not immune from password issues.
Andy has a multitude of screen/user names for Web sites and a few different passwords. His […]
What every parent should know about game ratings
Monday, December 17th, 2007I was recently talking with a friend — a parent of teens — who said she suspected game developers purposely insert violence and questionable content deep enough into a game so that when parents “test” a game through play, they never reach it. While that’s possible, it seems unlikely, given the process used to rate video […]
Are children vulnerable on YouTube?
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Kids’ developing funnybones make them an eager audience for silly videos: A dog riding a skateboard or two guys lip-synching a song about e-Bay can elicit endless laughs. For such entertainment, we can thank YouTube. But this weekend, a friend related a story about her 10-year-old searching YouTube for “spin the bottle” and finding X-rated material that came up. […]