I was with my sister-in-law over the weekend. She works in a large high school as an assistant principal. She always has anecdotes to tell about the stresses of modern teens and the trouble they get into. Since my kids are only six and ten, most of these are just cautionary tales, but more and more, the advice is hitting closer to home. This weekend, we talked about Facebook … [Read more...] about Facebook privacy settings advice
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Warning: new Facebook scams may be bigger lures for parents
I've been in the internet for 15 years, worked in data security at Visa, and most recently at Yahoo!, and still I was "phished" by a Yahoo! ID scam a few weeks ago. It was pretty tame stuff. The scammers sent an email with another phishing link to my entire address book, but did not appear to do any other damage before I changed my password. With all the data we all keep, not … [Read more...] about Warning: new Facebook scams may be bigger lures for parents
Be a dad hero – make a Word Search puzzle using your child’s name
You used to have to buy special software to makes puzzles like Word Search, or worse, tediously type out letters in rows to hide key words. DiscoveryEducation.com, however, has an easy-to-use Puzzle Maker where you type in your words and it spits this out with a list of the words you chose for him or her. So much better than the self-serving ones you get on the restaurant kids … [Read more...] about Be a dad hero – make a Word Search puzzle using your child’s name
Sorry about our broken header on GreatDad.com/GreatDadBlog
It's been out of order for 3 days after I tried to "automatically" update the WordPress software. If anyone has a quick fix, let me know. Otherwise, we'll try to get it back to normal tomorrow. … [Read more...] about Sorry about our broken header on GreatDad.com/GreatDadBlog
Options for dads with young kids who want email
My kids are 5 and 9, and we are always trying to keep them away from all the evils the 21st century has in store. It may seem really antediluvian, but that includes PG-rated movies, Nintendo DS-style solitary video games, the wild and wooly internet, and even email. The longer we can put off the inevitable, the greater the chance that we will have an intersection of knowledge … [Read more...] about Options for dads with young kids who want email