Privacy Pirates

Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 21 May 2015.

​When we think about the privacy risks that youth face online, we tend to think in terms of teens and tweens oversharing on cell phones and social networks. Increasingly, though, children are facing privacy issues younger and younger: according to a 2014 study from the UK, kids aged 13-14 said they were eight and a half years old when they first went online, kids aged 11-12 said they were eight and kids aged nine to ten said they had gone online when they were just six years old.[1] 

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Managing Your Family’s Media Time in a World of Screens

Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 01 May 2015.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Screen-Free Week (May 4th to 10th), and it’s striking to consider just how our relationship with screen media has changed in that time.

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What is it like to raise children in an age of zero privacy?

Submitted by Andrea Tomkins on 03 Feb 2015.

There’s a video about a hysterical woman who missed her ferry is making the rounds right now. CBC decided to give it some play, even though there’s no real story behind it.

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Family films part two – Finding films and illegal downloads

Submitted by Andrea Tomkins on 29 Jan 2015.

Yesterday’s post was about our resolution to watch more films this year. This post is a bit about the sources of those films and the issue of illegal downloads.

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Family films part one – What we’re watching

Submitted by Andrea Tomkins on 28 Jan 2015.

I have a post coming soon about New Year’s resolutions, but first I wanted to write a little about one of our own. This year, I’ve resolved to watch more films. (Yes, more!) It might sound a little strange at a time when many of us are struggling to convince our own children to put down their devices and consume less screen time, but there it is.

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