My friends tease me about my fake ranch lifestyle, but there are amazing reasons why we’ve enthusiastically become pig farmers.
Coby Persin’s Viral Child Predator Social Experiment Begs Us to GetKidsInternetSafe
Warning kids about Internet predators isn’t enough. Regular coaching and skill-based learning helps to arm them against cunning adults on the Internet.
The Good Die Young and the Bad Try to Make Money Off It
View image | gettyimages.com “Monsters aren’t born. They are created”… Good men, are you buying that? ––– I’m so furious right now! I just got off the phone with my UCSB-student daughter, who informed me about a slasher film titled, Del Playa, being promoted for release. A petition with 20,000 signatures so far is being…
“She Shouldn’t Have Taken the Picture” Is No Longer Acceptable in Response to Revenge Porn. Bravo, John Oliver!
Tracy Bennett explains how revenge porn is legal in most states and countries, leaving victims with little recourse for protection.
White Supremacists or ISIS? Who’s Seducing Your Teen Online?
Online hate groups have the perfect tools for radicalizing and recruiting your teen.
The Texting Dead: 14 Ways We Are More Borg than Human
Is screen media steadily marching us toward the end of times?
What We All Need to Remember About Public Shaming and Parenting the Suicidal Teen
In the wake of the suicide of Izzie Laxamana, Tracy S. Bennett, Ph.D shares what we need to remember about fear, discipline, and cyber bullying.
A Genderqueer Polyromantic Bisexual Teen Formerly Known as Miley Cyrus Walked Into My Office
OK OK, she wasn’t Miley Cyrus. But recently several of my teen clients who role-play online have been experimenting with gender, sexual, and romantic orientation.
“New” Pot and Why It’s Dangerous for Teens
Is your child smoking pot? I hope not, but parents are the last to know.
12 Things Exceptional Parents Do Everyday
We all have million tasks to do in a day with little time to do them. But we can all agree that parenting is our most important and gratifying job.
Hey Mom, Your Fifteen Year-Old Boy Might be Acting Like an Internet Predator
If you’re waiting until your kids are teens before you talk about gender, sexuality, and personal privacy rights, you are starting too late.
Hey Dad, Your Twelve Year-Old Daughter Has a “Nude Out”
You’re reading with the hopes that this is one of those bait-and-switch sensational articles, right?
Public Shaming and Reality TV Entitlement Are Modern Day Viruses
Have you seen the Britt McHenry video?
I Don’t Care About Facial Recognition Technology
I have nothing to hide!