What age is too young for a cell phone? How can I monitor my teenager’s activity online? What are the best web sites for tweens? What video games are right for my kids?
These are just a sampling of the types of issues and answers that can be found at TheOnlineMom.com, a new website that provides parents with the knowledge, advice, and tools they need to share in and contribute to their children’s ever-expanding digital world.
The website was founded by tech devotee and parent Monica Vila, the “Chief Technology Mom” popularly known for her role of co-founding DigitalLife.
TheOnlineMom.com offers explanations and analysis of all the digital products and Internet services that are now so much a part of every child’s daily life. From texting to social networking, from digital cameras to video game consoles, from Flickr to Wikipedia, TheOnlineMom.com explains how it works, what the choices are and, more importantly, what the positives and negatives are for today’s children.
Monica is currently PTA President at her 9 year-old daughter Samantha’s school and is an active advocate of parents embracing technology by understanding both its benefits and risks.
Originally posted on September 9, 2008 @ 2:00 pm