Tag archive: child

According to a study from the publisher of Parenting and Babytalk magazines The Parenting Group, nine out of ten moms are friends with their children on Facebook. After talking to over 1,100 mothers, the group discovered that nearly half of the respondents also adjust the security settings on their personal Facebook profiles to make sure the child can't see inappropriate  pictures or video as well as certain status updates. The study also… Read More

Earlier this week, Facebook added an option to user profiles that allows expectant mothers to add their upcoming child to the family circle. Mothers or fathers can add the chosen name for the unborn baby as well as the due date under the “Friends and Family” tab. While a new profile isn't created or needed to add the upcoming child, the standard non-picture Facebook avatar appears on the user page along with information about… Read More

According to an AP report, Keith Griffin of Jensen Beach, Florida, has been accused of downloading more than 1,000 images of child pornography. He’s currently in jail on a quarter-of-a-million dollar bond, awaiting trial on 10 counts of child porn possession. His defense, however, is unusual, to say the least. Griffin claims he was actually downloading music when his cat jumped on the computer keyboard while he was out of the room… Read More

After being threatened by the New York State Attorney General, both Comcast and NetZero haev agreed to block access to known sites and Usenet newsgroups disseminating child pornography. Most other major ISPs (including Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Earthlink, and AOL—had previously agreed to block access to the sites using a blacklist maintained by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Comcast had… Read More

Does your kid have a cell phone? Would you like some control over his or her usage of it? A new service from AT&T, called Smart Limits for Wireless, will let parents set limits on a child's talk time, text messages, instant messaging and downloads. Additionally, itwill let parents manage both how and when a child can communicate, restrict access to mobile Web sites and allocate minutes among users of shared wireless plans.  … Read More

Helping to prevent your child from becoming obese via couch potato status is probably one of the best things you could do for them, especially in the younger years. With next week being National TV-Turnoff Week, the folks at RealAge.com have tapped Jennifer Trachtenberg, MD, their parenting expert, to offer some tips on getting your kid moving. Select studies, said RealAge.com, have revealed "limiting screen time in childhood increases… Read More

A new report from the UK's Internet Watch Foundation says that reports of Web sites which contain images of child abuse rose to 31,776 during 2006, a 34 percent increase over 2005. More than 10,000 pages on 3,000 Web sites were found to including illegal child abuse content; 80 percent of the children in the abusive images are female, and and 91 percent appear to be under 12 years of age. The IWF attributes the rise in reported pages… Read More

First it was Disney offering special phones parents could use to keep tabs on their wayward progeny; now Verizon Wireless is getting in on the act, launching a new Chaperone service which leverages GPS technology build into LG Migo cellular phones to create two new service offerings for parents: Chaperone Child Locator enables parents to locate their child's phone from a PC via the Chaperone Web Site, or using their own mobile phone… Read More

The Associated Press is reporting that New York politician Jeffrey Toback has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the Internet giant is profiting by accepting paid advertisements from Web sites which contain child pornography. Toback is a member of the Nassau County Legislature, but said that intervening with Google is beyond the power of his office, and so went to the courts. The lawsuit, filed in the New York State Supreme Court in… Read More