Talking with Kids about Bad Media
Discussing things with your kids now can help them be prepared for events in the future. The February issue of the Friend magazine has the following ideas for children about what to do if they see something bad on a phone, TV, computer, or game device, or in a book or...
Honor Park Teaches Values to Young Men
Andrew Young got into filmmaking as a sponsored skateboarder making skate movies. He studied animation at BYU and went on to work at XBox making video games and DreamWorks Animation making feature animated films. But he began to see things that concerned him about the...
Keep Your Personal Information Personal
The importance of safety no longer only pertains to our physical self. In today’s world of technology, we also need to keep ourselves safe online. Everyday people have their identities stolen and put their lives in danger by sharing too much information on the...
What Are Your Children Doing Online?
A new report by McAfee, “Digital Deception: Exploring the Online Disconnect between Parents and Kids,” says that what parents think their kids are up to is not always reality. Tech-savvy kids know how to hide activities from their parents that may be...
Future Missionaries: Consider Your Online Reputation
In the June 23, 2013 broadcast “The Work of Salvation,” we heard about missionary work in the digital age. In the video below, Elder L. Tom Perry explained that missionaries will begin using computers to teach principles from Preach My Gospel using Mormon.org,...Video: Ins and Outs of Social Media
In the video below, Elisa Scharton and Jared Covington discuss what Social Media is and ways we can use social media for good. They also talk about how the Church is using social media.Safe Passwords & Avoiding Scams
The video below talks about two issues: How to keep your online accounts safe by using good password practices. How to avoid having your accounts phished, hacked, or used by someone else. This video is from the Sync Up series. Learn more about passwords by reading How...
Is Instagram Safe for Kids?
The following is adapted from the article “Instagram: Is it safe for kids?” by SociallyActive.com: Instagram is a large social network that every parent needs to be aware of. Instagram is a photo editing and sharing mobile app that lets you edit photos...
Understand Your Brain and Break Porn Habits
Download the free guide The Porn Circuit: Understand Your Brain and Break Porn Habits in 90 Days. For more information about how pornography and other Internet dangers impact your brain, your relationships, and your family, check out other free e-books from Covenant...Strong Marriages Have Transparency in Social Media
In the last LDS General Conference, Elder L. Whitney Clayton reminded us that “there are no secrets about relevant matters in marriages based on mutual respect and transparency. Husbands and wives make…decisions…together, and both have access to all information.” He...
A Parent’s Guide to Cyberbulling
15% of teens have faced online harassment in the last year. Cyberbullying, or “willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices,” is a serious problem that can have serious repercussions, resulting in...Don’t be Stupid Online
USA Today has published a story “Twitter at 7: Smart or stupid, we are what we tweet,” which shares some good ideas about being responsible online. Here are a few nuggets from that story: Social media can bring out the very best in us–and the very...
Don’t Wear Masks
In a devotional address, Elder Quentin L. Cook reminded us to avoid wearing a mask and acting out of character. (See “Don’t Wear Masks”, New Era, March 2013, 2). I feel this is especially true with technologies today that make it possible to be...
Entertainment and Media
The following is from the article “Entertainment and Media” in the Ensign, February 2013, p. 9. Our society is full of media choices. We must be careful about what images and thoughts we allow in our minds because “whatever [we] read, listen to, or look at...Follow on social media