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The Impact of Screen Time on Learning
If you’re a parent, odds are you’ve seen and heard hundreds of arguments pointing to ...
5 Signs an Online Predator Could Be Grooming Your Kid
Stranger danger used to mean talking to your child about creepy people in vans or ...
iOS 17: What Parents Need to Know
It’s another September, which means it’s time for another iOS update for all the Apple ...
Introverts and Extroverts: Tips for Helping Support Your Kid
Every child is unique, and as parents, it’s essential to adapt our parenting styles to ...
Ask Titania: What Do I Need to Know About Child Privacy?
Dear Titania, Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of pushback online about posting photos of ...
Location Tracking Devices for Kids: What’s the Hype?
Location tracking is one of the many technological advances that’s become a common part of ...
5 Things Parents Need to Know During Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and for four weeks, organizations, companies, and families around ...
How To Help Your Child With Self-Confidence
With the onset of social media, it’s become an increasingly difficult job to develop our ...
Back to School: The Highs and Lows for Families
As we approach September, back-to-school season is in full swing all across the country. Whether ...
How a Family Contract Can Be Beneficial
Contracts play an important role in the professional world. These pieces of paper set expectations, ...
5 Secret Messaging Apps Your Child Might Be Using
The way kids communicate nowadays is worlds different than when we were kids. For many ...
5 Ways Parents Use Bark to Set Healthy Screen Time Boundaries
As a parent, you’re probably familiar with the concept of screen time — generally, that kids ...
5 Things Parents Can Do to Prepare for Back to School
It goes without saying, but the back-to-school season can be more than a little stressful. ...
Ask Titania: How Do I Get My Kid In Back-to-School Mode After Summer?
Dear Titania, After a long summer of relaxed rules over video games and screen time, ...
How To Prepare Your Kids For Peer Pressure
If there’s one thing almost everyone has experienced at one point in their childhood, it’s ...
What Teachers Want You to Know About Back to School: Off the Record Edition
Ever wish you had the real scoop on what teachers think about back to school? ...
Should Phones Be Allowed in School?
The classrooms of today are so, so different from the classrooms we grew up in. ...
How to Survive High School: A Parent’s Guide
Those last four years of school are often loaded with all sorts of experiences that ...
Ask Titania: How Do I Stop My Teen From Gaming All Night?
Dear Titania, My 13-year-old loves video games — I’d go so far as to say ...
How to Develop Your Kids’ Reading Habits
We know that getting kids to read for fun can be like pulling teeth. Especially ...
What Are In-App Purchases and How to Turn Them Off
We’ve probably all experienced this — you decide to download a new app because why ...
Top 5 Most Common Misconceptions About Parental Controls
If you’ve ever gone to Google to ask “How can I block websites on my ...
8 More Shows About Teens that Aren’t for Teens – Summer Edition
School is out, the sun is shining, and it's time to kick back and enjoy ...
Ask Titania: How Do I Explain to My Kid Why We’re Waiting to Allow Social Media?
Dear Titania, My son just turned 13 and is begging for social media like Instagram ...
The Hidden Dangers of Kid’s Phones in the Bedroom
When it comes to having phones in the bedroom, it seems every parent has a ...
A Parenting Guide to Teen Privacy
As your child approaches their teen years, it’s important to find that perfect balance of ...
Instagram’s New Threads App: What Parents Need to Know
There’s a brand new Twitter rival in town, and it’s the Meta-backed app Threads. It ...
5 Tips for Creating a Positive Parenting Mindset
When you’re a parent, it can often feel like not only do your needs come ...
5 Healthy Tech Habits for Kids
Will Durant famously said (or not so famously said, as this quote is often misattributed ...
Ask Titania: Why Are Kids So Drawn to Omegle?
Dear Titania, My 11-year-old son came home from school the other day talking about a ...
Teaching Money Management: Best Money Apps for Kids
One of the most important things to learn growing up is money management. Unfortunately, most ...
7 Ways to Combat Parenting Guilt
Since the dawn of time, parents around the world have all asked themselves the same ...
5 Things Teens Wish Their Parents Knew
Being a teenager is never easy, and that’s something nearly every generation experiences. You’re caught ...
What Is Coding For Kids and How Do I Get My Child Started?
Gone are the days of computer nerds! Nowadays, most kids are far more tech-savvy than ...
Ask Titania: Does Every Parent Feel Overwhelmed Lately or Is It Just Me?
Dear Titania, I have two kids (10 and 14) and things are so tough lately. ...
Transform Summer Safety with the Bark Phone for Kids
Summer 2023 is here and kids everywhere are rejoicing! Parents, on the other hand, are ...
Top 19 Kid-Friendly Anime Shows to Enjoy as a Family
If your child has expressed an interest in anime, one thing’s for certain — they’re ...
7 Screen-Free Fun Family Activities To Try This Summer
Summer is the perfect time for families to bond and create lasting memories together. But ...
10 Takeaways from the Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media
Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, has issued an important advisory sounding the alarm ...
The Top 10 Art Websites for Kids
It's no secret that kids love spending time in front of screens, whether it's playing ...
5 Ways AI Is Affecting How Your Kids Grow Up
AI — the term is everywhere these days, and it can be hard to know what ...
Ask Titania: Is Snapchat’s MyAI Dangerous?
Dear Titania, I have a teen that uses Snapchat to chat/send silly photos with her ...
Digital Parenting 101: A Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age
Digital technology has become an essential part of our lives, and it's no different for ...
The Best Educational Apps and Learning Tools for Kids
Kids nowadays spend a lot of time on their screens and as parents, we know ...
Breaking The Stigma: Talking to Your Kids About Mental Wellness
As parents, we all want our children to be happy, healthy, and safe. However, when ...
5 Ways to Reduce Screen Time During Summer Break
Summer break is a time for kids to relax, play and explore the world around ...
Ask Titania: When Should I Give My Kid a Phone?
Dear Titania, My daughter is 9 years old and some of her friends have already ...
Let’s Address Boys’ Mental Health Issues and Prevention
It’s really never been harder to be a teenager. Where today's parents mostly had the ...
Navigating Childhood Grief as a Parent
Loss has always been and will always be a part of life, but it’s especially ...
How Bark Can Alert Families to Signs of Sexual Assault
Content warning: discussion of sexual assault April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time set ...
How to Talk To Your Child About High School Cliques
High school cliques are nothing new to kids nowadays. Most likely, we all have experiences ...
Top 10 Educational TikTok Accounts
Ever hear the phrase if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em? Well, if you can’t ...
Ask Titania: Is Roblox Safe for My Child?
Dear Titania, My 9-year-old has learned about Roblox from his friends at school and can’t ...
12 Good Books for Tweens: A Guide For Parents
Nowadays, it’s easy to forget the joy of reading when our free time is more ...
How to Stay Safe on Social Media: 7 Quick Tips
Social media has become an essential part of our daily lives, especially for young people. ...
Are Online Friends Dangerous? A Guide for Parents
Remember pen pals? Growing in the 80s and 90s, you may have even had one ...
Ask Titania: How Do I Talk to My Kid About ChatGPT?
Dear Titania, My daughter recently told me that she’s been using ChatGPT to write her ...
How Body Image Is Impacting Eating Disorders in Boys
Content warning: This article discusses eating disorders and contains language that may be triggering to ...
A Parent’s Guide to Social Media Etiquette for Kids
Social media has become an ingrained part of modern life. The question these days is ...
