For a limited time (now until February 20, 2019), you can download a free copy of a short book I wrote a few years ago entitled Raising Cyberethical Kids. The book is “a practical guide to help parents teach their children how to use the Internet safely and ethically” and can be downloaded from the…
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If you live in the New York area, I highly recommend making a trip to the People’s Improv Theater on East 24th Street in Manhattan to attend a performance of “Funny as Tech.” The show is the brainchild of tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar (@TechEthicist) and comedian Joe Leonardo (@ImJoeLeonardo). Each month, they tape a…
By T. Gregory Bender, CEO/President of Anonymous Alerts® [Editor’s Note: This blog was originally written by Greg Bender for the “CEO Blog” of Anonymous Alerts® and is re-posted with permission. You can read the original post by clicking here. In the spirit of full disclosure, please be advised that I have the pleasure of serving…
It is difficult to overstate the full depth and breadth of the New York Post‘s loathing for the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio (and presumably for the Mayor himself). In the Post‘s view, there is no social ill afflicting the city–vagrancy, panhandling, public urination, the rat population, disrespect for law enforcement, political correctness, the…
[This blog post originally appeared on the Community Matters blog. I co-authored it with Dr. Glenn Lipson, a clinical and forensic psychologist based in San Diego, CA.] In a remarkably short time, social media has become the leading method by which teens connect, communicate, and share interests. It is crucially important for families and educators…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] With summer vacation looming (but not fast enough for the kids!), parents are once again confronted with the question of how to keep their children occupied, entertained, and safe during the long break. The challenge of keeping kids safe is a little more complicated than it…
I’m enjoying my introduction to the world of David Pogue and Robert Scoble as an invited tech journalist to the GENBAND Perspectives15 conference in Orlando, Florida. One of the perks is the chance to sit down with some interesting people and learn more about emerging technologies and communications platforms that will be part of software and apps in…
My 30th College Renuion was held at Amherst College at the end of May, and I had the honor of being asked to participate in a panel discussion about the risks facing teens today. Here’s the description from the College Web site: Protecting Vulnerable Adolescents: Cyber-Bullying, Sports-Related Concussions and Other Tough Stuff Saturday, May 30,…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] It comes as a shock to most new parents, flushed as they are with the excitement of new life, that parenting is not all sunshine and bunnies. Sleep deprivation is the first clue, but the real wake-up call occurs when the little angel does something that…
[This blog post originally appeared on Good Digital Parenting.] There are few moments in a child’s life that are more momentous than when he or she first learns to read. When a child learns how to decipher the odd squiggles on a printed page (or increasingly, a digital screen), it opens up an enormous world…
