Focus at Four: Smartphone app monitors child’s activity for potential threats
In the wake of the Santa Fe school shooting, one app company is calling itself a potential part of the solution. Bark is an app that monitors all of your child’s smartphone use so that you don’t have to.
KBTX-TV 3 |
May 22, 2018
Bullying After the Bell Rings
Titania Jordan, Bark’s Chief Parent Office, shares the importance of parents having conversations with their children about new trends in digital technology, online safety and digital permanence.
MOM TALK RADIO |
May 21, 2018
What parents need to know about Fortnite
Chief Parent Officer, Titania Jordan discusses the potential dangers games like Fortnite can present for children and teens, how parents can tell if their children are playing Fortnite without their permission, and how parents can better monitor their kids’ gaming activities.
CENTRAL PENN PARENT |
May 14, 2018
Game Changer App Helps Parents
Schools are using Bark to help keep children safe in schools. tracks your children’s social media activity, emails and texts. Bark is technology that keeps children safer online both at home and at schools.
WSB-TV ATLANTA |
May 3, 2018
Video Game Predators Targeting Your Kids!
Titania Jordan, Bark Chief Parent Officer, discusses with the Doctors the growing presence of videogame predators. She talks about how these predators pose a danger to children, how they interact with children through videogames and how parents can keep their kids safe with their tech devices.
THE DOCTORS |
April 26, 2018
Experts Warn Parents About New Self-Harm Cyberbullying Trend
Bark discusses the rise of teens SELF-bullying online. Titania Jordan, Bark Chief Parent Officer explains why kids are creating fake accounts to spam themselves with hate mail – and how to spot the warning signs in your own child.
DAILY MAIL |
April 25, 2018
5 Tips for Keeping Kids Safe Online
Titania Jordan, Chief Parent Officer of Bark, an award winning app that monitors kids’ activities online and alerts parents of potential dangers, shares five ways parents can help keep their kids safe online.
NY METRO PARENTS |
April 25, 2018
Social Media Tool Could Help Catch a School Shooter
Listen to the podcast CyberGuy as Kurt Knutsson interviews Bark’s Chief Parenting Officer Titania Jordan to see how the Bark works and alerted a school about a potential shooting.
CYBERGUY |
March 29, 2018
4 Tips on Protecting Your Online Footprint
Bark CPO, Titania Jordan, shares expert tips for helping to protect your child’s digital footprint. She discusses why sharing real names or personal information can lead to stolen identities, or even worse, predators can use this information to find a child in real life.
FOX BUSINESS |
March 28, 2018
Bark Helps Keep Your Kids Safer Online Without Helicopter Parenting
Forbes highlights Bark as a solution to the many problems that can arise through social media and cellphone use.
FORBES |
March 24, 2018
Protecting Kids in the Digital Age
Host Ainsley Earhardt and Bark CPO Titania discuss how Bark and Bark for Schools works, current text slang words used by kids and teens, and the Pittsburgh school shooting that Bark is credited in helping to prevent.
FOX & FRIENDS |
March 23, 2018
The Jenny McCarthy Show
Bark CPO Titania was featured on the Jenny McCarthy Show as a parenting expert. She discusses with the host how to use and download Bark, as well as the difference between Bark for Schools and Bark for Parents, highlighting the number of lives saved and school threats detected by both.
THE JENNY MCCARTHY SHOW |
March 18, 2018
The David Webb Show
Titania Jordan, Chief Parenting Officer of Bark, an internet safety solution to keep kids and teens safe online on cyberbullying and how parents and schools can keep children safe online.
THE DAVID WEBB SHOW |
March 16, 2018
Bullying in Schools and Online
Marvin Scott speaks to Titania Jordan, the chief parenting officer of Bark, about bullying in schools and online and what Bark is doing to help.
PIX 11 |
March 15, 2018
Sexually Explicit Videos Popping Up On Musical.ly App
Bark Affiliate, Reginald Corbitt, founder of SafeCyber, warns parents about a popular app kids are using. What parents don’t realize about this app, Musical.ly, is that it can also be used to exploit children.
FOX 5 |
March 12, 2018
7 Powerful Things Teachers, Parents, and Kids Are Doing to Prevent School Shootings
Bark CEO, Brian Bason, discusses why he decided to start Bark. He then explains how Bark differs from other digital safety apps and the shocking data that Bark has uncovered.
READER’S DIGEST |
February 26, 2018
Bark App Alerts Parents to Cyberbullying, Sexting and Depression
Ayme Pankratz speaks about how she uses Bark to monitor her kid’s social media interactions which spark conversation around digital citizenship.
CBS 8 |
February 20, 2018
How Parents Can Decode Their Kids’ Texts
Titania Jordan, Bark CPO, discusses the ever-evolving text codes and explain that emojis may have a different meaning than what parents think. Titania then talks about how Bark helps parents monitor their children’s text and multimedia messages.
CBS NEWS |
January 30, 2018
Tide Pod Challenge: Is P&G’s Brand in Danger?
Titania Jordan, Chief Parenting Officer of Bark.us, discusses the recent Tide Pod Challenge and shares that while Tide should look to reformulate their product, as it may look like candy to small children, children/teens participating in the challenge most likely know the difference and should not be participating.
FOX BUSINESS |
January 19, 2018
Apple Urged to Take Action on Smartphone Addiction
Tech expert and Bark CPO, Titania Jordan, provides 5 tips to keep your child from becoming addicted to technology.
CNBC |
January 8, 2018
How Much Digital Privacy Should You Give Your Kids?
It seems as though nearly every week a new study is published that contradicts the last one about how much screen time kids should—and shouldn’t—be allowed. But assuming you’ve decided to take the plunge and buy your child a phone, tablet or computer, the hard choices aren’t over—in fact, they’ve just started. Now, you’ll have to figure out just how much digital privacy to allow them.“You have instincts, and they’re there for a reason,” says Titania Jordan, chief parenting officer of Bark, a digital safety solution for parents.
LIFEHACKER |
January 2, 2018
Decoding Kids’ Texts
Parents need to learn the code works that their kids are communicating with on their text messages and social media posts. CPO Titania discusses how Bark is used, noting that it uses algorithms that look at bullying, suicidal ideation, sexually related things and shares recommending next best steps with parents.
FOX 5 |
January 1, 2018
Tips Before Giving Your Child A Smartphone This Holiday Season
Your kids have been begging for one, and now, you’ve finally decided it’s time for their first smartphone. That’s super exciting for them (and slightly terrifying for you). Since we can assume what’s coming once that connected device is activated and connected to wifi, here are a few tips to make the experience a more pleasant (and much safer) one for all involved.
TODAY |
December 22, 2017
