Blog

A new survey by Hart Research Associates on behalf of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) looked at parents’ use of parental controls to protect their kids online: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamthierer/2011/09/15/kids-parents-online-safety/ And a discussion out of Melrose, MA on how much teachers, parents, and students should interact online: http://melrose.patch.com/articles/how-much-should-teachers-students-and-parents-interact-online PC Pandora records all social network activity, web […]

New research out of Ohio State University, focused on ‘maternal responsiveness’ to reveal differences in the way mothers communicate with their children while engaged with books, toys, and TV: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/w-tft091411.php

a new technology to help those who find handling cash or trying to split the bill awkward situations: http://allthingsd.com/20110913/socially-awkward-teens-may-drive-mobile-payment-adoption/?mod=googlenews_editors_picks

An internet troll in the UK (for a description see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29) is facing charges for osted videos and messages mocking the deaths of teenagers, including a girl hit by a train: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/13/internet-troll-jailed-mocking-teenagers

Major shared traumas such as 9/11 provide researchers with a rare opportunity to research the accuracy of ‘flashbulb memories,’ meaning significant emotional memories: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/09/memories.aspx