Filed under: Teens & tweens, Media, Gadgets & tech Texting naked photos of yourself is stupid, but it's not the most problematic thing kids are doing online. For most teens, cyberbullying is a far bigger problem. When I was a teenager, our parents worried that we were having sex, but they di...

Cyberbullying is nothing new on the web, especially when it comes to social networks. But one Oceonside teenager is fighting back, suing not only four former high school classmates and their parents, but Facebook as well. According to Newsday, Denise Finkel has brought this cyberbullying case, filed...

Online child safety — especially the fear of predators lurking on social networking sites (SNS) — continues to spur calls by state and federal lawmakers for regulation.  At first, some federal lawmakers advocated outright bans on SNS in schools and libraries via the Deleting Online Pred...

Filed under: Teens & tweens, Media I try not to swear. I say things like "shoot" or "fiddlesticks", but my kids have indeed heard my say things I couldn't say on television. Especially when doing battle with Microsoft products. Still, we do try to set a good example and we don't hang around with...

Filed under: In the news, Weird but true Burger King's latest and most desperate attempt to regain it's once regal status as fast-food royalty is an offer to Facebook users that if they drop 10 of their online "friends," the chain will give them a free Whopper. And, as if it isn't bad enough to get ...

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Teenagers can put a strain on a marriage so make sure you teenage proof your marriage. Lenore Skenazy, the woman who let her 9-year-old ride the New York subway by himself last year, made the news again after a conductor was concerned her son was too young to ride the train alone. Teens who take vir...

Editor's Note: Just a reminder — we'll be posting tomorrow, but taking the rest of the week off for the holiday. Happy New Year's! DQ on PS3? (Not quite, but Dairy Queen has launched a new video game that lets players experience what it's like to run a fast food franchise. The game is a follow-up ...

How do you say Hannah Montana in Russian? (The Disney Channel is set to launch in Russia featuring shows like "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" and "Hannah Montana") (New York Times, reg. required) - The MySpace effect (on music. Has the social media site changed our listening habits? And New York Governor p...

…. if I so much as watched the baby-swinging video. (Please don’t post any direct links to the material here.) In a statement, Queensland Police said the term “child-abuse material” even extended to clips in which a child “appears” to be a victim of cruelty. [...]...