Surveillance equipment has been something left to James Bond movies. In this new age of digital parenting, surveillance equipment is becoming another parenting tool used throughout childhood.

There are constant horror stories of nannies abusing children once parents are away from home. Nanny Cameras have become the go to device for parents to audit babysitting services or to watch their 12 year old once they enter the home from schools.

The amount of auto accidents by young teen drivers has required parents to install GPS trackers to monitor driving habits. The good news is that these devices have provided insurance discounts on auto premiums.

On this Episode of the Digital Parent Podcast we have the number 1 surveillance Expert Todd Morris who is the founder of the Number 1 surveillance company in the world Brickhouse Security. Todd and I on this episode discuss how nanny cameras and gps trackers can provide a piece of mind. Here are some of the questions that Todd and I discussed on this show

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It's the season of seeking scholarship money. Parents and caregivers are searching all over the internet to locate scholarship applications to assist with the increasingly high cost of college tuition. The parents that are not searching for scholarships are hoping that their child's 529 plan will be enough to fund 4-5 years of college.

Then there are parents that have paid anywhere from 500-5,000 dollars to hire a college planner to locate free institutional grants to provide their child with a free ride to college. On this episode of the Digital Parent Podcast we talk with one of the top college planners in the industry.

Danny Umali, the founder of Game Theory College Planners, provides us with an inside look of the new field of college planning. Danny discuss how his company uses advance analytics to pinpoint the exact college that will provide a "Free ride" for your child to attend their University. Danny and I also discuss how social media is becoming the secret sauce to landing institutional grants. Danny and I discussed the following:

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We are at the beginning of the college application season. While many parents are paying thousands for SAT prep courses, the smart ones are assisting their  teens in creating outstanding social media profiles on LinkedIn to get accepted to schools such as Harvard. A great profile on a site such as LinkedIn has become the new equalizer in the college recruitment process.

Most families, despite social economic barriers, have access to the internet either in their home or public libraries. Social Media optimization allows student to put their best foot forward for potential colleges and employers.

On this episode we have the one and only Alan Katzman from Social Assurity. Social Assurity provides students, schools, and parents with ecourses that teach students how to optimize their Linkedin and twitter profiles to attract the attention of colleges and employers.

Alan was recently featured in the New York Times. One of his Social Assurity clients caught the attention of Harvard University utilizing the tactics that are provided in Social Assurity's LinkedIn Essential course.

Alan and I discuss some strategies that students can use on social media sites to highlight their strengths, passion, extracurricular activities, and even family responsibility roles.  Alan and I discussed some of the following topics.

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A recent study  found that 85 percent of black teens own or have access to a smartphone. Among Hispanics and whites in the same study, 71 percent own or have access to a smartphone.  The Pew study also indicates that African American teens dominate messaging apps such as Kik and Snapchat. 46% of Hispanic teens and 47% of African-American teens use messaging apps to send texts, compared with one-quarter (24%) of white teens with cell phones.

Due to the increase access to smartphones and the use of messaging apps, African American parents are becoming concerned about cyber traps.  A recent study from Northwestern indicates that internet safety is one of the top concerns among African American parents.

On this episode of the Digital Parent Podcast, Cybersafety Expert Reginald Corbitt and I discuss that the top online cybertraps that pose significant risks to black teens. Reginald is the founder of SafeCyber whose mission is to bring cyber awareness  to schools, community organizations, and caregivers. Reginald provides cyber safety workshops across the U.S. He is one of the top speakers on cyber safety. Here are some of the topic that Reginald and I covered on the show:

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Public and Permanent is not on the mind of most teenage cell phone users. A recent Pew Study indicates that most young people have migrated to messaging apps that self destruct, such as snapchat and Kik. Teens are under the belief that once their messages are deleted no one can ever access them again. Unfortunately, many young people have found out the hard way through sexstortion attempts that whatever is posted on line is public and permanent. On this episode of the Digital  Parent Podcast, my friend Richard Guerry and I destroy the privacy myth and indicate why everything you type and post on line is Public and Permanent.

Richard Guerry is the founder of the non-profit organization the Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication (IROC2).Richard is also the author of multiple cyber safety and citizenship books, and has been a featured speaker at many national conferences and conventions.

He has also appeared as a digital safety expert on various media outlets like CNN, Radio Disney, MTV, Parade Magazine and many other local, regional, and international networks and publications.

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On this Episode of the Digital Parent Podcast we discuss strategies on how to capture a cyberbully. October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month so we wanted to provide some tips for parents .

Here are our Top 4 Strategies to deal with Cyberbullies:

Some insults online may not mean much to us as adults but could be incredibly painful to  kids. Ask kids every day about their school day. Ask them what apps they are using. Google the app to see if bullying is taking place. If so then have a discussion with your child to determine if they know someone that has been bullied.

You want to save all screenshots of the harassment and upload to a cloud storage system such as google drive or dropbox. This way if the bully takes your phone you still have the evidence safely secured. You can use monitoring software such as mSpy that will collect all images, text, app screenshots, etc to a dashboard that you can later download. This information will be uploaded automatically leaving you with no work at all

a. Report the information to the app that is being used to bully (Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

b. Report the information to phone carrier

c. Report to an attorney if it is hate speech or sexual in nature

d. Don’t have your child report information to the school. School are there to protect their interest and may withhold your child’s phone or have evidence erased or destroyed.

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African-American and Hispanic youth frequent the internet more than any other race. African American youth report going online 34% of the time compared to 19% of White teens.  According to Pew Research, over 85% of African American youth have access to a smart phone.  

Although there is heavy consumption of the internet and access to technology, African American teens are severely underprespresented in the tech industry.

On this episode of the Digital Parent Podcast we talk with serial entrepreneur Anthony Frasier to discuss how teens can gain access to the tech industry through the development of mobile apps.

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Expecting Moms may not be aware of the risk that wifi and wifi related devices may have on their pregnancy. Over a hundred physicians, scientists, and public health professionals around the world have joined together to express their concern about the risks wireless radiation pose to expecting moms. The physicians started The BabySafe Project to raise awareness.

Cybersafety Expert Frederick Lane takes on this issue in his new book Cybertraps for Expecting Moms and Dads. Frederick Lane is an author, attorney, educational consultant, and lecturer based in Brooklyn, NY. 

He is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of cybersafety, digital misconduct, personal privacy, and other topics at the intersection of law, technology, and society. Lane has appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, the BBC, and MSNBC. He has written eight books, including most recently Cybertraps for Educators (Mathom Press 2015). 

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One day while traveling to Charlotte, NC, Michelle aka “The Computer Lady” got a call at 6:28pm that changed her life. On the other end was her doctor informing her that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. After successful surgery removing the tumor, Michelle knew she had to do something impactful with her life.

Michelle stated that God blessed her with the idea of using her years of computer repair work to write children books to teach kids about cybersecurity.

We were fortunate to have Michelle to stop by the Digital Parent Podcast to discuss her new book Mommy is the Computer Smarter Than Me and how parents can keep their kids safe online. Michelle provided a lot of internet safety tips learned through her years on the job and at home with her 10 beautiful grandkids. Michelle and I discussed some of the following topics on the show.

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Most teens are either in school or on the way back to school equipped with the new shinny smartphone. Most schools either have a 1 to 1 policy or a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy.  Young middle school kids equipped with instant access to technology can be scary for most parents. On this Back to School Episode of the Digital Parent Podcast, Internet Safety Expert Jesse Weinberger stops by the Digital Parent Podcast to discuss how parents can monitor their kid's cell phones and some of the most dangerous apps they may  pick up from their friends. On this episode, Jesse and I discussed some of the following topics:

• How do Schools Protect Kid's Online Privacy?
• What are Some of The Top Apps Parents Should Monitor?
• How Do You Set Screen Time With Kids?

• How Facebook and Other Companies Target Teens
• Why Pimps Solicit Teens Through Apps for Human Trafficking
• How Kids Are Getting Introduced to Porn in the 4th and 5th Grade
• The Ways Young Celebrities are Promoting Sexting and Bullying
• The Age Your Child Should Have a Social Media Account