When a Friend-Making App Becomes a Predator Hunting Ground

Two-thirds of parents in the U.S. say raising children today is harder than it was twenty years ago—and most blame technology. A recent New York Post headline shows why: “Wizz is like ‘Tinder for kids,’ as teens use the app to hook up while adult predators lurk.” But the real headline is that this story […]

The Netflix Wake-Up Call Parents Have Been Ignoring for Too Long

An unfortunate casualty of our increasingly fragmented media marketplace is parents’ ability to keep on top of the content their children might be consuming. Because everything is available everywhere, all-at-once, it is not merely unrealistic to expect parents to vet every reel, short, YouTube channel, streaming series, Insta feed, and video game – it is […]

AI Chatbots Fueling Family Division, Mental Health Crisis

What was once considered a far-off fantasy or a plot device for science fiction films like 2001: A Space Odyssey or Terminator has become a present-day reality: Artificial Intelligence (AI). And just as those science fiction stories warned us, it didn’t take long for AI systems to learn how to manipulate human behavior, isolate and […]

What Parents Need to Know About Instagram’s New Teen Account Restrictions

This week, Meta, the parent company of Instagram, announced new PG-13 content restrictions that will automatically apply to all Instagram accounts belonging to users under the age of 18. Minors will not be able to opt out of these restrictions without a parent’s permission. The same limitations will also apply to Meta’s AI-powered “digital companions,” […]