The ConnectSafely Report with Larry Magid

Boston Children's Hospital Digital Wellness Lab has articulated the five M's of digital Wellness: Model, Mentor, Monitor, Mastery and Meaning.

A Pew Research survey finds that many teens do worry about the impact of social media on mental health. 

A phone with a dead battery can impact your safety in an emergency. Here's how to keep yours running all day.

Worried about how your kids are using tech? Most devices and services offer parental management tools.

What helps children learn better, handwriting or typing? 

ConnectSafely Youth Advisor Trish Prabhu says checking your phone occasionally around others isn't automatically rude — but context matters. She recommends being upfront about why you're doing it and making sure it doesn't become a habit that pulls you away from the people you're with.

We all have to deal with online scams, but immigrants at or near the border are especially vulnerable says Austin, TX-based immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch

Lots of kids and teens are using the popular Roblox gaming platform and parents have access to controls to limit who they can chat with, what types of games they can play and how much time they can spend on the platform.

.ConnectSafely Youth Advisor Trisha Prabhu has advice for kids and parents on things you can do instead of looking at your phone

Google is rolling out  Wallet for kids . If your child has an Android phone, you’ll soon be able to enable them to make payments and access loyalty cards and passes, such as boarding passes and event tickets.

If you see something online that might not be true, there are ways to help verify it

ConnectSafely education director Kerry Gallagher on talking with teens about virtual companions.

ConnectSafely Youth Advisory Trisha Prabhu on why filters are a bad idea

A substantial percentage of teens have engaged in online gambling and sports betting, which exposes them to advertising for even more gambling sites.

The upcoming RSA security conference will include plenty of talk about AI in the context of global geopolitical changes and events.said Acohido, editor of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security.

Sextortion is a growing crime that targets mostly teenage boys. 

Dr. Anil Rama, who runs the Sleep and Brain Clinic in Saratoga, Calif on why tech use before bedtime can interfere with sleep.

California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, the author of the state's Age Appropriate Design Code, likens legislation to protect kids online with laws that protect them in the physical world. 

In addition to other parent management and child safety tools, Apple has added the ability for parents to inform app developers of a child's age range to ensure more age appropriate content. 

Social media can cause stress, but it can also relieve it.

Be careful what you wish for. There can be unintended consequences from what seem to be good policy changes.

ConnectSafely's Education Director Kerry Gallagher has advice about how parents can help teens deal with online mistakes. 

California Assembly Member Ash Kalra, who represents parts of Silicon Valley, isn't shy about criticizing tech companies, even when execs from those companies are in the audience. 

At ConnectSafely's Safer Internet Day conference, some of the adults proposed parental controls or restrictions on teen social media. But one teen speaker had a different perspective.

California's Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond, says that AI has a very productive use in his state's classrooms.