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How Do I Know My Child Is Being Groomed Online?
Dear Titania, My 10-year-old has just started playing online games with chat. Well, we had ...
What Happens After the Assembly
On a district community council agenda posted this past February, buried in a timeline of ...
When the Chromebook Comes Home From School: What Parents Should Do
It's the start of the school year, and tons of kids are coming home from ...
Suicide Prevention Month: The Digital Warning Signs Parents Often Miss
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and it's a hard one to sit with. Suicide ...
What Parents Need to Know About ChatGPT’s New Teen Experience
If your kid has ever used ChatGPT for more than homework help, they’re far from ...
My Kid Is Being Bullied Online. What Do I Do Right Now?
Dear Titania, I found out yesterday that my 14-year-old son has been the target of ...
The Bark Watch vs Apple Watch: Here’s the Breakdown
When it's time to give a kid their first smart watch, the Apple Watch feels ...
What the Research Actually Says: A Parent’s Guide to Screen Time and Technology Studies
Every parent has, at some point, Googled some version of "is my kid on their ...
To Teens From Bark: How To Actually Tell If You’re Talking to a Real Person Online
Today, more and more conversations and friendships begin online, whether it’s through a comment section, ...
I Found Porn on My 11-Year-Old’s Search History. What do I do?
Dear Titania, I was going through my 11-year-old son's search history last week — something ...
7 Things Parents Can Do To Model Healthy Screen Time
“Do as I say, not as I do” doesn’t work especially well when there’s a ...
How To Talk to Your Kids About Porn At Every Age
It's not a conversation any parent is eager to start, but in today's digital world, ...
Summer Is Ending: Here’s How to Reset Your Family’s Tech Rules
By the time August rolls around, almost all the normal, day-to-day rules have quietly disappeared. ...
When to Move Your Kid From a Watch to a Phone
There's a specific moment many parents dread: the day their kid says, "Everyone else has ...
School and Smart Watches: What Parents Need to Know
Blink, and you’ll miss it! With smartphones, smart watches, and tablets creeping their way into ...
Preparing Educators for a Digital World That’s Always Changing
Something I hear most often after speaking with educators about online safety isn’t fear. It’s ...
How the Bark Phone Grows with Your Child
Buying a phone for a kid feels like a one-time decision, but it never really ...
The Digital Habits Conversation You Should Start Having at Age 5
No matter how many times you swore off giving your child a tablet, sometimes life ...
How Do I Raise a Digitally Healthy Kid From an Early Age?
Dear Titania, My son just turned 7, and I can already see tech creeping into ...
Why Parents Should Know About Sammy’s Law
Over the last couple of decades, parents have gained more tools and resources to help ...
Kids’ Online Safety Is a Global Problem: What Parents in the US and UK Are Seeing
You’re not imagining it. Something feels different about the internet your kid is growing up ...
11 Things We’ve Learned in 11 Years At Bark
Bark is officially 11 years old, and our team couldn’t be prouder of the work ...
My Kid Is Using AI for Everything — Where Do I Draw the Line?
Dear Titania, My 12-year-old son has discovered AI, and honestly, it feels like I've lost ...
Before Roblox: The Online Worlds Millennials Used to Hang Out In
If you grew up in the late '90s or early 2000s, you remember the ritual. ...
How to Help Your Child Stay Connected and Protected with a Safe Smartphone
Sooner or later, many parents trying to delay their child’s first phone hear some version ...
There Are Families Who Lost Everything to Social Media. This Day Is for Them.
Most parents today worry constantly about what their kids are doing online. For some families, ...
School-Issued Devices Aren’t Automatically Safe — Here’s What Parents Need to Know
When the school hands your child a Chromebook or laptop, most parents feel a sense ...
Google Just Expanded Android Parental Controls. Here’s What Actually Changed.
If you saw the headlines this week about Google expanding Android parental controls, you may ...
A Parent’s Guide to Kids’ Smartwatches with GPS Tracking: Why Some Fail and What to Look For
**This blog post was updated on August 6, 2026.** There comes a time in every ...
5 Questions with The Family IT Guy: What a Cybersecurity Expert Actually Does to Protect His Own Kid
Most parents hand their kids a device without a second thought, but Ben Gillenwater has ...
Bark vs Qustodio: Which Parental Control App Is Better?
If you've been researching parental control apps, chances are Bark and Qustodio have both landed ...
Is Looksmaxxing Harmful? The Risks Parents Should Watch For
If your child has ever talked about “glowing up,” fixing their jawline, getting “rated,” or ...
Meta Says Instagram Is Safer for Teens — Here’s What They’re Not Telling You
Every few months, Meta releases a report, a blog post, or a press conference telling ...
Best Phones for Kids in 2026: Safer Picks Parents Trust
Getting your child their first phone is becoming a milestone for many families, right up ...
Bark Is Partnering with Tim Tebow to Help Protect Kids Online
We're proud to announce that Bark is partnering with the Tim Tebow Foundation in a ...
How Social Media Pressure Follows Kids Into the Real World
There’s always been pressure for teens to fit in. But in today’s world, social media ...
To Teens From Bark: Advice on How To Stay Safer on Social Media
We spend a lot of time talking to parents about raising kids in the digital ...
Why Online Privacy Is More Complicated for Kids Than Parents Think
The phrase “stranger danger” is ingrained in most kids from an early age: Don’t engage ...
How Do I Talk to My Kid About Nudes Without Making It Weird?
Dear Titania, My daughter is 13 and just got her first smartphone. Before I handed ...
Supervision vs Teen Accounts: Explaining Instagram’s Parental Controls
So you finally said yes to Instagram. You probably did what most parents do and ...
A Practical Guide to Parental Controls vs Teen Privacy
There are few things more important to a teenager than privacy. At 13, their room ...
What Age Should My Kid Get a Phone?
Dear Titania, Everyone has a different opinion on this, and I'm going crazy trying to ...
Is Discord Safe for Kids?
Dear Titania, My 13-year-old son plays a lot of online games, and apparently, all of ...
Why ‘Just Turn Off the Phone’ Doesn’t Work for Most Teens
“Just turn off the phone” has become the modern version of “just go outside and ...
Top 10 Apps Parents Don’t Realize Have Messaging
When most parents think about monitoring their child's messages, they picture the obvious suspects: iMessage, ...
Teen Gambling and Sports Betting Is on the Rise: Here’s What Parents Should Know
When you think of the most common risks kids face online, you probably don’t immediately ...
How Do I Talk to My Kid About What I Found on Their Phone?
Dear Titania, I went through my 14-year-old son's phone last week — I know, I ...
5 Alternatives for 5 of the Most Popular Apps Kids Ask For
Most likely, you've had the conversation (or multiple conversations) about a popular app your child ...
How Do I Know If My Kid Is Addicted to Their Phone?
Dear Titania, My 12-year-old daughter is on her phone constantly. The moment she gets home ...
The 5 Biggest Digital Parenting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Parenting has never come with a handbook, and raising kids in a digital world can ...
The Social Pressure of Screens: Why Online Life Feels So Intense for Teens
If not in your own home, you likely know a parent constantly trying to unglue ...
Family Tech Agreements That Actually Work (With Real Examples)
Getting your kids to follow and understand the rules has been a challenge for parents ...
Social Media Addiction Trial Verdict: A Historic Win for Kids and Families
Yesterday, a Los Angeles jury delivered a verdict that parents, advocates, and child safety organizations ...
How Do I Know If I Should Let My Child Play Roblox?
**Updated on July 23, 2026.** Dear Titania, My 8-year-old is obsessed with Roblox. Plays it ...
Is My Child Ready for a Smartphone? 10 Questions to Ask First
Giving your child a smartphone is one of the defining milestones of modern childhood (and ...
Rage Bait, Reposts and Algorithm Traps: What Kids Are Seeing Now
There was a time when a scroll through social media was made up of vacation ...
5 Major Ways School Has Transformed Since We Were There
On the surface, your kid’s school might not look that different from the one you ...
7 Strange Tech Habits Adults Do That Teens Notice
It’s an age-old fact that kids learn the best by watching. Most of what they ...
Why Online Safety Is a Parenting Skill Now
There may not be an official guidebook for parenting, but there are plenty of books, ...
A Parent’s Guide to Group Chats by Age
Group chats are at the center of socialization today. Kids are planning weekends, swapping memes, ...
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