How To Protect Teens from Catfishing and Sextortion

Over the past year, we have been tracking an unsettling uptick in to two very serious online threats. The first is called “catfishing.”...

Cyber Civics Collaborates with AT&T & Warner Bros. Discovery on "The Achievery" for Students

We are honored to be collaborating with AT&T and Warner Bros. Discovery on The Achievery, a new digital learning platform that provides...

Three Reasons Social Media Age Restrictions Matter

The minimum age to open an account on nearly every social media platform‑—TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Kik, YouTube, Snapchat,...

Why a Resilient Teen is Safer Online

Two children are cyberbullied. One shrugs it off, while the other sinks into depression and despair. A group of kids enjoy a sleepover...

Kids Streaming: What's New?

Sometimes it can be hard to find new content that is appropriate for your kids. So, I thought I’d help and highlight a few new titles...

Children’s Online Safety

This excerpt reprinted by permission from Porch Technology is integral to a child’s life. They will see it everywhere from birth and will...

How My Own Tech "Addiction" Inspired a Course to Help Other College Students

In the fall of 2017, I started college as an Energy Engineering student at UC Berkeley. Although I came in full of confidence, I was...

Teaching Digital Citizenship, the Montessori Way

Montessori Education, at the middle school level, focuses on hands-on, experiential learning, driven by a student’s innate desire to...

How Parents and Educators Can Protect Children’s Online Privacy

How Parents and Educators Can Protect Children’s Online Privacy reprinted by permission from Online Master of Legal Studies Programs. For...

These 3 Letters Can Help Kids Thrive in a Digital World

Parents and teachers often wonder “what does a healthy digital world look like”? This is emphasized by a 2020 study from Pew Research...

Teaching Kids How to Be Responsible Digital Citizens

As recent guests of the Spawned Parenting Podcast we were asked to talk about one of our favorite topics—how to tech students to become...

My Story: Delivering Internet Safety Education to Students in Alabama

When I was seventeen years old, my ex-boyfriend tried to pressure me into sending nude photos of myself to him. I was appalled. This...

Waldorf Schools are Media Literacy Role Models

As we celebrate Media Literacy Week 2021, it’s hard to believe that Waldorf schools in North America have been leading the way when it...

A Cyberbullying Lesson One Never Forgets

"Ms. Graber, we have a problem.” This is how Journey School’s sixth-grade teacher greeted me one Monday morning when I arrived to teach...

Agents of Influence: The Benefits of Gaming for Learning

We are currently facing a war of both the mind and the body. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all inside, attaching us even more...