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Smartphone and Screen-time Dilemmas Solved

"The Ultimate Parent Guide for Protecting Your Child on the Internet"

By Emily Schloss April 4, 2018

Don’t guess or make the rules as you go. Use this comprehensive guide, “The Ultimate Parent Guide for Protecting Your Child on the Internet,” released last week, to ease the burden of defining smartphone rules in your home.

With an easy-to-understand summary of each section, writer Ariel Hochstadt, former Gmail marketing manager globally for Google, and today web entrepreneur, gives actionable items for parents. Ariel is a successful international speaker and author of three published books on computers and internet. He is the co-founder of vpnMentor and an advocate of online privacy.

Gamers need rules too! “What you can do to monitor and encourage safe play,” within the guide, offers six tips to keep your gamer safe.

Stranger danger isn’t the same as in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, but is lurking in your child’s social media much the same. “Safe rules for Social Media” guides you to enforcing a safe environment.

Cyberbullying is a two-way street. We worry about our children getting bullied, but being proactive to stop cyberbullying requires parents educating kids on what cyberbullying looks like, so they aren’t doing the bullying.

The responsibility and liability of having a smartphone, especially one equipped with internet and social media, is daunting for a child and parent. You know your child and this guide will help navigate through the when, how and why of smartphones.

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