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5 Handy Tips To Protect Children Online During Winter Break

Fri, December 21, 2012

School may be out for winter break, parents, but that doesn’t give kids license to abuse their momentary freedom from academic rule. Now that we’re stuck with – ahem – now that our precious children are back in our care, now is the time for the most important lesson to be imparted in them: online safety.

More than ever our kids need our persistent and consistent monitoring of their online activities.According to a 2010 study by The Pew Internet & American Life Project Research Center – a nonpartisan, nonprofit “fact tank” that produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families and communities – 32% of teens have experienced at least one or more forms on online abuse by their peers.

Protect your children online with these 5 handy tips:

Bump privacy. Only people who pay for mortgage/rent, bills, food, etcetera get that privilege. Without trying to be controversial, this isn’t the 50’s, folks. Our kids are in serious times.

2. Lay down the law.

By all means acknowledge the young adults they’re becoming, but it’s our job to inform them with privileges comes responsibility. Either they monitor their connections or they’ll be disconnected. If you catch an onslaught of expletives in your child’s Twitter stream after a series of warnings, it’s time to pull the plug.

3. Know their inner- AND ‘outer-circles’.

Simple: the first group is the “BFF’s,” the second “associates.”

4. Monitor your child’s behavior as well as activity.

Do they seem anxious? Are they nonchalantly slipping away to the escape that only social media provides away from us yappy parents? You really do want the latter. Are they the pitcher or the receiver of any online attack? Teach or remind your children of this golden rule: Don’t start none, won’t be none.

5. TALK to them.

Duh. Let them know that they can always come to us troglodytes with any issues, questions and concerns. Reassure them that we’re here for them and to trust that whatever measures we’ll take to protect them, we will not cause them further embarrassment or harm.

We parents just ‘look stupid’…. all the better to disarm them.

 Content Sells, But Who Has The Time?
Sat., December 1, 2012

Christmas is upon us and with so many gift lists to check off, who actually has the time to create content?

I do, actually.  Oh, that's not to say I haven't fallen in any  pitfalls of the commercialization of this dear holiday season. 

In keeping with the holiday spirit, I'm extending a special offer to start-ups who are having trouble, well, getting started.

Surely you haven't missed the boat about the importance of content being king.  Whether you need content for your blog, an e-Book, e-newsletter, media kit or maybe some brochures, @.l.interpretations  is beyond well-equipped to prepare and provide timely and value-packed content for your brand.

Remember, useful content not only lends credibility, but drives traffic to your website, which could equal sales.  Let us not forget about SEO and how viable links improve web searches.

Contact me today for a quote on getting your start-up up and running with valuable content that is guaranteed to drive traffic to your website. 

Content doesn't mean a thing unless you get your hands on it and share it with client prospects just bursting to learn more about your brand.

To your continued success.