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So Virtual Reality Minded You’re Of No Earthly Good
I am going to guess that most people who read this have never even heard of the incredibly popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) Eve Online. So first let me briefly describe what it is: an online video game set in a science fictional universe where tens, even hundreds of thousands of people play [...]
I’m NOT Smarter Than My 5th Grader
Yesterday my son Jared, who just turned 10, came home from school and said, ” We learned Prezi today!” While I was happy that he had learned a great presentation tool, I had this weird feeling about the fact that he had learned it before I had! My 5th grader could now teach me how [...]
3 Ways to Help Monitor Video Game Use
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”-Proverbs 22:6 I still remember the day my father told me that he trusted me to make the right decision in my gaming habits. It gave me a sense of responsibility to honor my father’s [...]
A Whole New World of Parenting
Today is the last day of 2012. Time to evaluate this past year and set goals for the next one. Whether or not you set actual New Years Resolutions, evaluating our parenting efforts is important. In fact, it should be done on a very regular basis. The new year just seems like a great time [...]
What is Sexting? Your Teens Know, So Should You!
Basically, sexting is sending nude or partially nude photos via cell phone or on social media sites. Many times teens are assured that they will remain private, but then the photos are used to blackmail or bully the sender or passed on to others. I came across this video and thought I would share it [...]
Xbox Romance?
Here’s a link to an ABC news report about 4 teens that ran away after they started a romance via Xbox. All parents really need to know the online capabilities of all the gadgets their kids own, whether they be cell phones, Nintendo DS, iPods, Xbox or any of the other techie toys that are [...]