Even More Teen Slang Through the Ages
You may remember our last Teen Slang Through the Ages blog post and how it gave parents a fun, quirky look at today’s trendiest lingo. Fortunately, there’s never a shortage of new and strange slang to decode, and we had so much fun with it that we decided to do it...
3 Great Features iOS 13 Offers Families
With the release of iOS 13 comes a host of exciting (and fun!) new features. While not as sweeping and groundbreaking as iOS 12 — which had parents and guardians celebrating the launch of its Screen Time app — this new update has several features that families will...
VSCO Pictures App
Do you know what your kid is talking about when they talk about VSCO pictures? It may sound like a government agency or manufacturing company, but it’s actually a photo- and video-editing app. Think of VSCO — complete with its stylish bevy of “VSCO girls” — as...
Sandy Hook Promise Partners With Bark to Protect Students
Bark is proud to announce our strategic partnership with Sandy Hook Promise that will bring comprehensive safety solutions to tens of thousands of schools and millions of parents nationwide. We’re grateful for all of the work Sandy Hook Promise is doing to help keep...
Teen Suicide: How Communication Can Help Prevent a Tragedy
Teen suicide has reached epidemic proportions in America. We hear the news stories of suicide, anxiety, and depression affecting children at alarmingly increasing rates, and yet when we drill down to the heart of the matter, we are left wondering why. Chief Parent...
8 More Throwbacks That Are Better Than Their Replacements
No matter how much technology changes, there will always be some universal constants — things like bike riding in the summer, fighting bedtime to stay up just a little bit later, and asking your parents a million questions. Kids today have all of that and more —...
What Is a VPN and What Does It Hide from Parents?
What if your kids found a way to get around all of your parental controls? What if they could fake their location so that you didn’t know where they were? We hate to break it to you, but now they can. As technology evolves, so do the ways that kids try to get around...
Nude Fakes: The Disturbing A.I. Trend You’ll Want to Be Aware Of
**This blog post was updated on April 28, 2021** If you haven’t heard of “deepfakes” yet, you probably will soon (along with nude fakes, fake porn, and other disturbing uses of the technology). This new development in artificial intelligence uses deep learning...
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