#digitalparenting — Public Fediverse posts

Screen time battles? Not tonight 😅📱
What if one simple swap could turn meltdowns into smooth handovers? 👀
Amanda Rogaly, founder and CEO of BabyYumYum, shares a game-changing trick to end the daily 'just 5 more minutes' struggle and build calmer routines at home.

👉 Find out what the swap is and how it works here:https://zurl.co/J3PPL

#BabyYumYum #BYY #ParentingTips #ScreenTime #MomLifeSA #ParentingSA #DigitalParenting #FamilyLife

Ah yes, because clearly the only way to protect our precious little ones is to blanket the entire internet in bubble wrap and a healthy dose of parental paranoia 🍼🔒. Let's just turn the web into a PG-rated daycare and call it a day, shall we? 🤦‍♂️🌐
https://news.dyne.org/child-protection-is-not-access-control/ #parentalcontrols #internetprivacy #digitalparenting #bubblewrapculture #onlinechildsafety #HackerNews #ngated

And here I was, about to teach my children about online safety. Kids, always use a VPN to keep your location and area private from bad people. To protect yourself from identity theft, never upload or send any ID information online.

#OnlineSafety #ParentingTips #VPN #CyberSecurity #IdentityTheftPrevention #StaySafeOnline #TechForKids #DigitalParenting #InternetSafety #ProtectYourInfo

Character.AI's Minor Ban: The AI Safety Debate
https://eproductempire.blogspot.com/2025/10/characterais-minor-ban-turning-point.html #CharacterAI #AISafety #ChildSafety #ProtectKidsOnline #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #TechNews #AIFuture #DigitalParenting #AIEthics

Meta's dropping new parental controls for its AI experiences, letting guardians block characters and monitor teen chats. Soon, you can even cut off AI conversations completely. Is this a necessary digital babysitter or just more complex tech to manage?

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/meta-previews-new-parental-controls-for-its-ai-experiences/

#MetaAI #ParentalControls #TechNews #AISafety #DigitalParenting

Meta's Instagram is rolling out stricter settings for teen accounts, blocking "age-inappropriate content" and search terms like "alcohol" and "gore." Even intentional misspellings are on the block. They're aiming for a PG-13 vibe, but also *more* restrictive? The plot thickens. Is this a step towards safer platforms or just more digital chaperoning?
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/instagram-makes-teen-accounts-more-restrictive-120000653.html?src=rss
#InstagramSafety #Meta #TeenTech #DigitalParenting #SocialMedia

Weekly output: NextGen Acela, Evernote V11, Verizon CEOs, RGB LED, screen time, Cranky Dorkfest, Verizon buys Starry, AT&T standalone 5G, TiVo DVRs

This week will have me crossing a state off my states-visited list for the first time since 2009–Wisconsin, where Oshkosh Corp. is hosting a press day to show off its government and industrial vehicles, including the U.S. Postal Service’s new and behind-schedule duckface trucks. I don’t have a good explanation for why I had not set foot in that state sooner and can only apologize to America’s Dairyland for the extended oversight.

10/6/2025: Amtrak’s new Acela trains can’t keep up with high-speed rail, Fast Company

After taking the new trains to and from New York at the end of August, I had ambitions of writing this story much faster than I did–sort of like how Amtrak had ambitions of getting the new train into service much sooner than it did. But getting the level of detail that I wanted about the railroad’s plans to upgrade the power infrastructure along the Northeast Corridor took more time than I expected.

(I included the full text of Amtrak’s detailed explanation of its plans to improve the catenary along the NEC in the commentary-enhanced version of this post that I published early on Patreon.)

10/6/2025: Major Evernote Update Taps AI for Search and Transcription, But Not Writing, PCMag

I had about an hour Friday to quiz Evernote product lead Federico Simionato about Bending Spoons’ plans for the note-taking app that it bought in 2023, and which I’ve used since 2010–so of course I took notes in my Mac’s copy of Evernote while using the Android app to record our conversation for subsequent AI transcription.

10/6/2025: Verizon Hot-Swaps Current CEO for Ex-PayPal Boss, PCMag

I don’t usually cover C-suite departures and arrivals, but I had some free time. And Verizon’s new chief executive Dan Schulman has a sufficiently interesting backstory–see the New York Times’ interview of him in 2008–that I told my editors I could pick up this item.

10/7/2025: RGB LED Is Getting Its Time in the Spotlight. Will TV Shoppers Tune In?, PCMag

I started writing this post at IFA–the first version had a Berlin dateline. But then I got sufficiently sidetracked and got in enough reporting after that tech trade show for the piece to evolve from an event recap to a broader assessment of a tech development.

10/8/2025: It’s Not Just You: Parents Everywhere Struggle to Set Screen-Time Boundaries, PCMag

Pew’s data about the level of technology use respondents to its survey allowed among kids 12 years old or younger made me feel slightly better about my own attempts at digital parenting.

10/8/2025: What happens when online plane enthusiasts meet up IRL?, Fast Company

This recap of Cranky Dorkfest 2025 was easily the most fun that I’ve had with a story since the last time I went to Florida to see a space launch.

10/8/2025: Verizon to Buy Wireless Broadband Pioneer Starry, Fold It Into Its Home Internet Service, PCMag

Writing this sent me back a ways–both to writing about Starry in its early days, including a December 2017 feature for Yahoo Finance, but also to covering Starry founder Chet Kanojia’s previous venture, the local-TV-streaming service Aereo that the Supreme Court put out of business in a dubious 2014 opinion.

10/9/2025: AT&T Switches on Standalone 5G Nationwide, Unlocking Future Network Slice Services, PCMag

This post also covers Verizon’s advances in standalone 5G, about which that carrier has been quieter than AT&T and T-Mobile.

10/9/2025: Time’s Up for a Timeshifting Trailblazer: TiVo Discontinues Its Standalone DVRs, PCMag

I would have written this much faster if I didn’t get sucked down a rabbit hole of old TiVo posts and reviews, followed by my checking my own TiVo purchase history.

#Acela #Amtrak #ATT5G #avgeek #BendingSpoons #CrankyDorkfest #DanSchulman #digitalParenting #Evernote #fixedWireless #fixedWirelessBroadband #highSpeedRail #IFA #LAX #NEC #NextGenAcela #NortheastCorridor #PewResearchCenter #RGBLED #screenTime #Sony #standalone5G #StarryInternet #Verizon5G #VerizonCEO

As you probably know by now, Sean Martin, CISSP and I are not going to be in Melbourne for #CyberCon with the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) this year... which really sucks as we had a great time there in 2024 - We met amazing people, created great content, and truly miss sharing quality time with the #cybersecurity community Down Under!

But this isn't stopping us from being virtually there by reconnecting with friends and meeting new ones while covering the event remotely.

So here's my conversation with the one and only Jacqueline Jayne (JJ) talking about her upcoming session: "Beyond Blame: Keeping Our Kids Safe Online" at CyberCon Melbourne (October 15-17, 2025).

There's something fundamentally broken in how we approach online safety for young people. We're quick to point fingers—at tech companies, at schools, at kids themselves—but JJ wants to change that conversation entirely.

Watch the teaser, then dive into the full episode:

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Highlights: https://youtu.be/xeu1sZ3KiiM

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Full episode: https://youtu.be/v-41rOVds-U

🎧 Audio: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/beyond-blame-navigating-the-digital-world-with-our-kids-interview-with-jacqueline-jj-jayne-aisa-cybercon-melbourne-2025-coverage-on-location-with-sean-martin-and-marco-ciappelli

What are your thoughts on this topic? Drop a comment!

#OnlineSafety #DigitalParenting #ParentingTips #KidsSafety #CyberConMelbourne #AISACyberCon #DigitalLiteracy #cybersecurity #infosec #technology #society

Megan Spielvogel CAE Ben Walkenhorst, GAICD ITSPmagazine

Parents walk a fine line between love and privacy when digitally tracking kids for safety. From AirTags to apps like Life360, transparency and trust are key. Experts warn against secret spying—open talks build respect and responsible independence. 🚸💬🔒 #DigitalParenting #ChildSafety #OnlineSafety https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/kids-digital-tracking-internet-online-safety-airtags-find-my-iphone-b2783945.html
#newz 🤦

Parenting in a Digital World 🌐👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 How can we help kids thrive online? In 5 minutes, COSIC researcher José Ignacio Patiño Galdós shares 5 key tips for digital parenting:
🎧 Watch here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/inakipatino_lets-talk-science-week-july-2025-interview-activity-7350852511202701312-iUiz?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAABzTxqwBB890wy58GCakRwDWVquBKScDezs
#DigitalParenting #ParentingInTheDigitalAge #DigitalWellbeing #KULeuven

Dieses ständige Summen der Handys, der Wunsch der Kleinen, dabei zu sein. Social Media und Kinder stellt uns Eltern oft vor neue Fragen. #digitalparenting #screentime #parentingtips #familytime #socialmedia

https://alltagsfuchs.de/digitaler-alltag/social-media/social-media-und-kinder-wie-viel-ist-okay/

So #Google will let kids under 13 chat with its #Gemini AI. When even adults struggle to tell AI-generated content apart, giving it to kids feels like a ticking time bomb. Parents and teachers, please think twice - small gain, big pain! #AI #GenAI #AISafety #AIEthics #DigitalParenting

Google is going to let kids us...

🚨 OMG, AI robots are gonna corrupt your kids! 🤖 Apparently, the only thing more dangerous than social AI is letting them watch TV without Common Sense Media's parental guidance. 📺🙄 Clearly, tech accountability means complaining about digital babysitters instead of, you know, parenting. 🍼#StayWoke
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/social-ai-companions #AIcorruption #DigitalParenting #TechAccountability #CommonSenseMedia #StayWoke #HackerNews #ngated

White House Confirms: No More 'Helicopter Parents' Interfering in Dance Routines #Digitalparenting #Humor #Parentchildrelationships #Satire #Socialmediapolicy #Teenculture #TikTokban https://lighthousenewsnetwork.com/white-house-confirms-no-more-helicopter-parents-interfering-in-dance-routines/?feed_id=13183&_unique_id=678ae9008f065

Very happy to begin my round of speaking engagements for this term with the prestigious Central University of Kashmir, India. Thank you so much for organising, Dr Bendukurthi. Representing City St George's University of London
#research #guestlecture #youngpeople #socialmedia #digitalparenting

👨‍👩‍👧 YouTube enhances parental controls! Now, parents can link accounts with their teens to monitor activity and gain deeper insights into their online habits. A big win for digital safety! 📱👀 #YouTube #ParentalControls #OnlineSafety #Teens #DigitalParenting #TechNews

My kids are so cool.
This #dickbutt is #smol and #epic.
I mean I know where they get it from...
But #digitalparenting includes tough convos about appropriate use of imagery.
This is an acceptable use of the Dickbutt image in our household.
#handmade #making #crafting

Well. I was blessed with a few kids, and now that they are older and such, we actually body doubled and I FIXED some more vector math things in my code and the annotations previously mentioned are coming cleaner on first whack! #digitalparenting #programming