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New York Times And Other Mentions: MobSafety Ranger App in The News
26 Jan
Vancouver Sun:
Vancouver startup creates smartphone safety app that parents will love, kids not so much:
Warning: Kids, if your parents find RangeBrowser and put it on your smartphone, it could spell an end to those hours spent surfing or Facebooking friends when you’re supposed to be listening to your teachers in school or in bed and asleep. As for parents, you can thank Vancouver startup SocialScanner Technologies for giving you some control over just what your kids do on their smartphones when you’re not around to supervise. No matter how much you monitor your kids’ computer time, it’s a wasted effort if they have a smartphone that gives them the power of a computer without the hassle of mum or dad peering over their shoulder.
RangerBrowser by MobSafety.com, iOS, Android, free, GPS version $1.99AppLock App Protector, Android, free App Locker, Android, free.
New York Times:
If you want to offer your child a filtered Web browsing option on Android, try Ranger Pro Safe Browser (free), at least until K9 introduces an Android version in the coming months. Ranger Pro wasn’t as nimble as K9, but an updated version released this week was good at screening pornographic Web sites, and the browsing experience was adequate.
To read article in it’s entirity, go HERE
Tech Vibes:
Canadian app protects children from mobile porn
Vancouver start-up Social Scanner is doing their best to protect children from inappropriate content on mobile devices and today received an endorsement from the New York Times today for their Ranger Browser mobile app.
Ranger Browser is a fully customizable safe browser designed specially for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as well as Android devices.
Mobile internet devices give our children unsupervised and unrestricted access to the intriguing world of the web. Unfortunately, the web has a dark side that makes our children vulnerable to inappropriate content, bullying and over-indulgence. Mobsafety provides mobile Internet users with an effective web filtering browser that replaces Safari, and allows parents to choose the content filtering that the parent deems appropriate for each child.
To read article in it’s entirety, go to http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadian-app-protects-children-from-mobile-porn-2012-01-17
Tags: app, iphone, New York Times, Tec Vibes, Vancouver Sun
Hot Reads For Parents: Educating Yourself And Your Kids About Bullying
25 Jan
This book teaches girls how to spot bullying and how to stand up and speak out against it. Quizzes, quotes from other girls, and “what do you do?” scenarios present advice in an age-appropriate, digestible way. The message in this book is that there is no one right way to deal with bullying. Instead, there are lots of options for girls to try, from ignoring a bully and trying a few clever comebacks to reporting bullying to a trusted adult. Readers learn how to stand up for others and be a good friend, too. The book ends with a pledge girls can sign, plus tear-out tips for girls to share with their parents.
Have you ever seen a bully in action and done nothing about it? The kids at Pete’s new school get involved, instead of being bystanders. When Pete begins to behave badly, his classmates teach him about “The Promise”. Will Pete decide to shed his bullying habits and make “The Promise”?
The latest story from hit author Julia Cook, Bully B.E.A.N.S. is a fun story that teaches people of all ages to become proactive when it comes to bullying. This book can help children and adults understand why bullying happens and what they can do to stop it. Finally, a bullying book that speaks to the bystander!
All books can be found on Amazon.com. Use these great conversation-starting books to engage with your child and get them talking about this important subject.
Tags: Cyber bullying knows no age, Discussions about Cyber Bullying, Hot Reads
Are Parents Going Too Far With Their Kid’s Popularity?
20 Jan
A recent article by the Huffington Post explores the idea of teens and popularity, and even points to parents behavior as being the root of the problem in many cases. One example of over-the-top parental behavior reports an instance of one Mom who spent time daily on Facebook everyday liking girls on behalf of her not-so-social butterfly daughter.
“Has the quest for popularity become so anxiety-provoking that parents, who are otherwise involved in their children’s lives — sports, arts, grades, clothing — would allow their child to pose drunk with a beer can on the Internet? Of course there is the idea that the parents don’t know what’s happening in their kids’ lives, but I don’t believe this. Experts have been drilling parents about monitoring Internet activity for at least a decade, so sheer ignorance can’t be to blame.”
When this article was reposted to Facebook, it sparked a series of angry responses including this one:
“This is crazy. I’m more concerned with their safety, education, health.,etc. I don’t care if they are popular. If they have at least one friend I’m OK with that. I constantly tell my boys to be a leader not a follower to fit in with other people. And to always defend yourself if someone bullies you.”-Donna
What are your thoughts? To read the complete article, go HERE.
Social Scanner would very much like to know your thoughts and ideas on this subject.
Tags: bullies, parenting, popularity