Accountability in the Fight Against Pornography
In today’s digital world, time online is largely private time. For both adults and children, this can lead to a variety of temptations. Temptations of content: You may be tempted to watch a video online that you would never watch on TV with others in the room....Manage Your Online Reputation
The following is from Google’s page Manage your online reputation: Nowadays, more and more personal information surfaces on the web. For example, some of your friends might mention your name in a social network or tag you on online photos, or your name could...
2014 Conference on Protecting Families from Pornography
The Utah Coalition Against Pornography will hold its 12th Annual Conference on Protecting Children and Families from Pornography on Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. Pornography has devastating effects throughout society....
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...Follow on social media