How to Avoid or Recover from a Ransomware Attack
Ransomware is one of numerous online crimes designed to separate people, businesses and government agencies from their money.
Parent’s Guide to Google Search
For families, the most important Google feature is “SafeSearch,” which limits the type of content your children can find using Google.
Configuring your Phone to Enhance Well-Being
iPhone and Android phones have tools to help manage your or your child’s well-being.
Featured Guides
Parent’s Guide to Twitch
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Parent’s and Educator’s Quick-Guide to Hate Speech
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Parent’s Guide to Snapchat
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Parent Guides
Parent’s Guide to Amazon Parent Dashboard
Download the Guide (PDF) Amazon Parent Dashboard is the free hub where parents and guardians manage and customize their kids’ experiences across Amazon devices and the Amazon Kids + subscription. Parents use Parent Dashboard to configure age-appropriate settings, set...
Parent’s Guide to Amazon Parent Dashboard
Download the Guide (PDF) Amazon Parent Dashboard is the free hub where parents and guardians manage and customize their kids’ experiences across Amazon devices and the Amazon Kids + subscription. Parents use Parent Dashboard to configure age-appropriate settings, set...
Parent’s Guide to Amazon Fire TV
Download Free Guide (PDF) What is Fire TV, and how much does it cost? Amazon Fire TV is a media player that streams video, music, and games to your TV. It plugs into the HDMI port of your television and turns any modern TV into a smart TV. There are several models,...
Family Guide to Messenger by Facebook
Download Free Guide (PDF) Messenger, which is both a mobile and desktop messaging app from Facebook and a feature built-into Facebook’s desktop (web) platform, allows you to exchange messages, watch videos with friends, and engage in group video or text chats complete...
Parent’s Guide to Tech for Tots
By Kerry Gallagher, JD and Larry Magid Ed.D Download Free Guide (PDF) Sixty-one percent of parents say that parenting is more difficult than it was 20 years ago, with many citing technology as the reason why, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center survey. Teaching...
Parent’s Guide to Amazon Alexa
Download Free Guide (PDF) Amazon’s Alexa is the cloud service behind voice-enabled devices from Amazon and other companies. Some, like the Amazon Echo smart speakers, are voice only. You talk to them and they respond in-kind. Others, like the Amazon Echo Show and Fire...
Wellness and Safety
How to Avoid or Recover from a Ransomware Attack
by Larry Magid Ransomware is one of numerous online crimes designed to separate people, businesses and government agencies from their money. The crime typically involves a person or an organized crime group encrypting your data and demanding a ransom payment to unlock...
Resolutions for a Safe and Secure 2024
by Larry Magid This post is adapted from one that first appeared in the Mercury News I’m well aware that New Year's resolutions are often abandoned by the end of January, but that’s no reason to avoid thinking about how we can improve our lives in the year to come. ...
Parent’s Guide to Cyberbullying
Download Guide (PDF) Download Quick Guide (PDF) Bullying is a serious, long-standing social problem that now occurs in digital spaces as well as physical ones. But, contrary to what you might have heard or read, it isn't just a youth problem, it isn't getting worse,...
Parent’s Guide to Google Search
Note: This guide applies only to Google Search and not other search tools. If you or your children are using other sites, please familiarize yourselves with their settings and safety features. Download the Guide (PDF) How Google Search works While performing a basic...
Podcasts
Parenting for a Digital Future
When it comes to understanding how young people and their families are coping with today's technology, there are no better experts than Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross. Both have been researching this subject for years and they have recently...
Teaching Kids Empathy & Kindness with Children’s Author Trudy Ludwig
Children's author Trudy Ludwig's books are not only delightfully written and illustrated but also teach and model empathy, caring and kindness. She joined us on ConnectSafely Live to talk about her work and her new book The Power of One, which she read...
Media in the Middle Ep. 10: Cancel Culture
Learn how young people feel about cancel culture, a practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. ConnectSafely is partnering with My Digital TAT2 for this...
Spirituality, Faith & Compassion During a Time of Crisis with Father Robert Ballecer, aka the “Digital Jesuit” (Webcast)
Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher speak with Father Robert Ballecer, a Jesuit priest currently at Jesuit Curia in Rome where he is spearheading an effort to use new media for evangelization. Whatever your beliefs (or not), this is a very worthwhile conversation...
Videos
1. 4 Minutes with TikTok: Safety Advice for Families
2. Smart Digital Parenting: Navigating Screens with Children & Teens |
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3. Parent’s Guide to ZEPETO World |
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4. Safer Internet Day & Smart Digital Parenting |
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5. 4 Minutes with Snapchat: Understanding the New Family Center |
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