Monthly Archives: February 2012

Parents Behaving Badly Online – Laptop Dad is just the beginning

By now, most parents have heard about Laptop Dad. In case you somehow missed it, a dad, frustrated by a Facebook post that his daughter put up that was incredibly disrespectful, turned to YouTube and read the post, replied and then proceeded to pump nine bullets into her laptop. To really get the full effect, watch the video which has gotten 28 million views and counting. I’ll be the first to admit, I laughed my head off watching this. I’m … Continue reading

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Are Your Kids Downloading Illegal Files?

Peer to Peer File Sharing is all the rage, but what is it and why should you even care? As a parent of pre-teen or teenagers, you may already know about peer-to-peer file sharing. Just in case you’re not in the know about this, here is Wikipedia’s definition: “P2P or Peer-to-peer file sharing allows users to download media files such as music, movies, and games using a P2P software client that searches for other connected computers. The “peers” are computer … Continue reading

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