College Students’ Facebook Postings May Predict Problem Drinking
A new study published in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine finds that college students who post Facebook photos of themselves in heavy drinking situations, or who make...
View ArticleSocial Networking Sites Spark Public Breastfeeding Controversy
A number of social networking sites, including Facebook and the comedy website Funny or Die, have come under fire for taking down photos or videos of women breastfeeding, citing the “obscenity” clauses...
View ArticleLeave Our Photos Alone! Breastfeeding Moms Stage Facebook Protest
Breastfeeding moms staged nurse-ins at Facebook headquarters this week, protesting the networking site’s practice of removing photos of women nursing their children. The Huffington Post reports the...
View ArticleLaptop-Shooting Dad Ignites Parenting Debate
Chances are you’ve seen the YouTube video of Tommy Jordan, the North Carolina dad who shot his teenage daughter’s laptop. Viewed more than 22 million times in one week, the video has sparked...
View ArticleLawsuit Raises Debate Over Kids’ Facebook Password Sharing
A lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Minnesota has sparked a debate over whether schools can demand to know a child’s Facebook password to investigate allegations of...
View ArticleFacebook Bans Mother for Posting Photos of Baby with Birth Defects
A Tennessee mother has reportedly been banned from Facebook after she posted photos of her baby, who was born with rare neural tube birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and...
View ArticleFacebook Apologizes to Mother for Photo Removal
The social networking site Facebook has reportedly apologized to a Tennessee mother who had allegedly been banned from the site after she posted photos of her infant son, who died from severe birth...
View ArticleStudy Explores Downsides of Teens and Social Media
Though nine out of ten teenagers use Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites and report it has more of a positive than negative role in their lives, Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View...
View ArticleA News Round-Up, and a Thank You
First and foremost, big thanks to Erin O’Donnell for the terrific job she did guest-blogging while I was in blissful away-land these past 2 weeks. I enjoyed visiting PNN as a reader, and I certainly...
View ArticleParents to Interview Joe Biden on Gun Violence: What Would You Ask?
Parents Magazine is going to host a town hall-style interview with Vice President Joe Biden on the subject of how to reduce gun violence in America — and you have a chance to submit a question! Here...
View ArticleSurvey Reveals Parents’ Online Safety Attitudes
More than three quarters of American parents discuss online safety with their children, according to a new national survey, which is a reassuring finding given that the same survey found that 95...
View ArticleInjured Toddler Asked to Leave KFC, Told Injuries Upset Customers
The KFC restaurant chain is apparently making amends after a 3-year-old girl and her family were asked to leave a Mississippi KFC because of the girl’s appearance as she recovers from a serious attack...
View ArticleFacebook Will Now Show AMBER Alerts on Your News Feed
Your texts aren’t the only place AMBER Alerts will now appear. Today, Facebook announced their partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to provide alerts about missing...
View ArticleShould Schools Have Your Kid’s Facebook Password?
In an attempt to put an end to cyberbullying both during and after school hours, Illinois legislators recently passed a law that many parents believe is a breach of privacy. Under the new law, school...
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