Family on the Phone

A new study by Commonsense Media shows that 1/3 of all students with a cell phone has cheated at least once with their phone. They do this by texting, going online and by storing information on their phone. Amazingly 52% of  teens admitted to some form of cheating using the internet. A whopping 1 in [...]

Just about everyone has a cell phone these days. Even ‘Tweens, those 8-12 year olds, are getting them. We get them and give them often to be safe or “just in case”. What if a “just in case” happens? Will your or your child’s phone have the appropriate and necessary numbers programmed in? In a [...]

Recently, we did a family cell phone survey. One question we asked was regarding rules you had laid down for your kids and their cell phones. Do any of these rules sound like rules you have in your own home? Some rules were related to safety. No driving and texting No answering calls or texts [...]