That little game your kids like to play, Roblox, has hit 90 million users as of this week. The company is worth more than 2 billion dollars and has expanded globally to add more than twenty million users over the […]

Quotes from this announcement boast of a place that people can be themselves, obviously what they truly are creating is a place where we can spend more time, see more ads, and make Snapchat and its shareholders more money.

I think video games can be fun and good for my kids if kept in the right context. We have very strict rules about gaming in our home and do our best to limit our kid’s access, screen time, and […]

In the new iteration of the Family Tech Update Podcast, we’ll be sharing the audio from our most recent top posts. In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing Call of Duty Black Ops 4, shopping in social media, Facebook’s new touchscreen […]

Family Tech Update: What is IGTV? Facebook Messenger Kids wants to teach your kids kindness. What was up with the rocket launch in FORTNITE? Happy Cell Phone Courtesty Month. Will eSports ever be in the Olympics?

Family Tech Update: Snapchat’s new message delete feature, new video games going to mobile for free, and John Wilkerson joins me to discuss getting your kids started with screen time and when (or if) thet need their own phone. Links […]

Family Tech Update: YouTube has taken down over 8 million videos, is it enough? Snapchat has games on their camera, and Amazon wants to listen to your kids. Screen-Free Week Hashtag: #BFScreenFree   Social Media Links Facebook: http://facebook.com/becausefamily Instagram: http://instagram.com/becausefamily […]

Family Tech Update: PUBG is on mobile – YouTube content policies have driven gun videos to PornHub – why your Facebook data isn’t safe, even if you delete your account… CNet Article: https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-cambridge-analytica-data-mining-and-trump-what-you-need-to-know/ Blog Posts Mentioned: Facebook Data: http://safe.becausefamily.org/tutorial-how-to-download-all-of-your-photos-videos-and-messages-from-facebook-at-once/ Video […]

Family Tech Update: Entertainment Software Rating Board will Warn Parents of In-Game Purchases in Video Games – Movie Pass Reveals that They Collect Much More of Your Data than You Thought – Netflix Testing “Patches” to Reward Kids’ Binge-Watching – […]

These apps can be seriously dangerous for your kids. Adult content, privacy issues, stranger danger, all kinds of issues here, and some of them are only rated 12+!