Is social media encouraging your teen to be a consumer or build wealth?

by | Jan 9, 2016 | Career Planning & Child Employment, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children and money management, Cyber Safety, Entitlement, Faith, Financial literacy, Parent-child communication, Social Media, Wisdom

(This is a reprint from my Sacramento Cyber Safety Examiner column on Examiner.com) Last Monday, Marie Hall, co-founder of Living Smart Foundation in Carmichael, facilitated a personal finance workshop for teens and young adults entitled, Head Start to Money, at St....

Thoughts to quell cyber-powered Christmas stress

by | Dec 23, 2015 | Anxiety, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children and money management, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Faith, God's love, Parental control, Parenting, Wisdom

(This article is a reprint from my Sacramento Cyber Safety Examiner column on Examiner.com). Jodie Stevens is the hostess of The Family Morning Show on 103.9FM The Fish in Sacramento, and the producer of Genuine Life with Jodie Stevens, a devotional about overcoming...

How to clarify the role of money in the social network

by | Oct 12, 2015 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children and money management, Cyber Safety, Financial literacy, Happiness, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Motivation, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Social Media, Wisdom

(This is a reprint from my Sacramento Cyber Safety Examiner column on Examiner.com) Keenan Davis, founder of R. Keenan Davis Law, serving the Placer County region, helps families with the modern issues pertaining to family law and elder care. A father of eight grown...

Defining self-worth in the social network

by | Oct 9, 2015 | Bullying, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Cyberbullying, Depression, Faith, Financial literacy, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Motivation, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Parenting, Sex and sexual exploitation, Sexting, Social Media, Teenagers, Texting, Wisdom

2015 October Monthly Round up Monday night CNN aired a special feature called “Being 13” hosted by Cooper Anderson, which explored the life of teens in the age of social media. This expose simply reinforces how important it is for parents to maintain an open dialogue...

Two things every modern teen needs to succeed

by | Oct 6, 2015 | Anxiety, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children and money management, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Financial literacy, Happiness, Internet addiction, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Motivation, Parent-child relationship, Parental control, Parenting, Social Media, Teenagers, Texting

(This is a reprint from my Sacramento Cyber Safety Examiner column on Examiner.com) This morning Banana Moments Foundation, a Roseville non-profit education center to strengthen parent and child trust bonds in a cyber-powered world, hosted a symposium on teaching...

Talking about prosperity and money in the social network

by | Jul 13, 2015 | Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children and money management, Faith, Financial literacy, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Social Media, Teenagers, Wisdom

Cyber Safety for Families with Joanna and Jodie on The Fish Family Morning Show 103.9FM Social media platforms are increasingly consumer-oriented as the industry matures to form around an advertising model aimed at youth like a fire hose. In a tap and click world, the...