I love the fact that we are continually partnering with experts in their field. Ginger is one of those experts that we highly respect and recommend to parents, who are seeking help from a professional family counsellor, who specializes in the challenges surrounding everything digital, including Internet addiction in all its forms. This is Ginger’s
Are You Buying Mobile Tech For Your Child This X-Mas 2016 Then This Posting is Important For You To Read There is no doubt, this Christmas there will be some of our kids who will be receiving gifts of mobile tech. This posting is about sharing some of our thoughts with parents and
A Review Of KidsWiFi Recently, I became aware of a Canadian company called “KidsWifi”, their website can be located here: https://kidswifi.com As a recently retired Canadian police officer, and a current Internet and Social Media Safety advocate, I am continually looking at software and hardware products to help keep our kids, especially the
As a company, we love to surround ourselves with other experts. Often in our presentations, we are approached by parents, and sometimes youth themselves, looking for counselling specific to online challenges faced, such as online pornography or gambling addiction and even self-harm or suicidal ideations specific to online usage. We have now located such a
The Digtial Cloak of Invisibility Or How to Hide Things From Adults On My Phone I remember as a teen growing up, I was continually playing a game of hide and seek from parents and teachers. From parents, I would hide love notes from girlfriends and issues of Playboy that were given to me by
Reporting a Digital Crime, Here’s What To Expect From The Police I have received many phone calls, text messages and DM’s from people wanting to know what to expect from the police when they phone to report a crime that happened online. Given that I just retired from a modern mid-sizes law enforcement agency here
I am blessed that given the Internet and this blog, my work is being followed by people from around the world. Today I was contacted via email by an addictions worker named “Mark” , who works for the Ocean Recovery Centre in Britain. Mark , who specializes in Internet Porn Addiction, asked me if I
Caveat: As a recently retired Staff Sergeant from a modern mid-sized Canadian police department, today I can share with my readers that I am a little frustrated with “some” who wear blue, and those who train them. I want to emphasize that in my 30 years of police experience the majority of Law Enforcement officers
According to a 2015 PEW Research report ( http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology-2015/ ) approximately 88% of all teens today, have access to either a cellphone or smartphone in North America. As parents, we can attest to how mobile has changed the playing field when it comes to our kids accessing the Internet and Social Media. Given that these
Although in my 50’s, I still consider myself to be very open minded about everything associated to “entertainment” (in all its forms) and its access by youth and young adults. As music video continues to push the norm, specific to language and sexuality, what kind of cause and effect are some forms of entertainment having