In a new survey from Harris Interactive, 9% of adult respondents reported “My child or a child I am at least partly responsible for has been or is currently being [...]

Frame from a YouTube video on extreme‘neknomination’ The Irish Mirror calls it “sickening online drinking craze,” and that’s factually correct. [...]

by Larry Magid Lots of people are ‘binge’ viewing House of Cards on Netflix I don’t mind admitting that, for the past few days, I’ve been a binge TV [...]

  Dr. Warren Blumenfeld By Warren Blumenfeld Guest commentator “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can never hurt me.” This stands as one of the great [...]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News There was a big flap last week over the game “Flappy Bird,” an iPhone and Android app that [...]

Senator Charles Schumer with student panel at U.S. Safer Internet Day (photo: Sarah Baker) It was a great honor that ConnectSafely.org, the non-profit Internet Safety [...]

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View the live webcast here from 9:00 AM to noon Eastern (6:00 to 9:00 PT) by Larry Magid This column first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News For the past 11 years, the [...]

Just updated the family contract for smartphone use aimed at parents, kids and teens. You can find it here: [...]