Are you concerned about keeping your tween or teen safe online?
Social media makes parenting especially challenging these days.
Yet, nothing is more important than keeping your kids safe both in their in-person and online interactions.
Bark helps parents monitor their children’s devices and what they see online.
You can watch my interview with Titania Jordan here:
I’m not affiliated with Bark, but if I were a parent of a tween or teen, I would want a tool like this to help keep my child safe.
Here are some statistics about the parental control alerts from Bark’s annual report:
Bullying:
- Alerts for bullying range from mean-spirited teasing to hateful threats and provoking statements.
- Experienced by 67% of tweens and 76% of teens
Depression:
- Alerts for mental health range from mild pessimism to talking about or planning to attempt suicide.
- Experienced by 26% of tweens and 38% of teens
Online Predators:
- Warnings about predator behavior are sent when a conversation is sexual in nature and there is a confirmed age difference.
- Experienced by 8% of tweens and 10% of teens
Drugs/Alcohol:
- Alerts for drugs and alcohol can range from texts about prescriptions to videos of a child consuming illegal substances.
- Experienced by 58% of tweens and 77% of teens
Suicidal Ideation:
- Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for kids ages 10 to 14.
- Experienced by 33% of tweens and 57% of teens
Sexual Content:
- Alerts for sexual content can be anything from web searches for explicit content to a child receiving nude photos.
- Experienced by 58% of tweens and 75% of teens
Disordered Eating:
- Alerts for disordered eating range from mentions of dangerous dieting practices to discussions of anorexia, bulimia, and body dysmorphia.
- Experienced by 9% of tweens and 21% of teens
Anxiety:
- Alerts for anxiety are sent when kids discuss having anxiety or mention feeling anxious consistently.
- Experienced by 19% of tweens and 36% of teens
Violence:
- Alerts for violence range from graphic action in video games to direct threats against a child.
- Experienced by 68% of tweens and 82% of teens
Here are Titania’s tips for spring break.
I hope you find dependable tools that can help you keep your child safe online.
Titania Jordan is the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Parent Officer of Bark Technologies, an online safety company that helps keep kids safe online and in real life.
A renowned thought leader on digital parenting, Titania has contributed to pieces in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Huffington Post, Fox Business, Daily Mail, USA Today, Vogue, and more. Her first book, Parenting in a Tech World, was published in 2020 and quickly became a bestseller on Amazon. Titania was also featured in the 2020 documentary Childhood 2.0. She also frequently appears as a subject matter expert on nationally broadcasted programs such as the TODAY Show, Steve Harvey, The Doctors, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, Fox News, Sirius XM Radio, and CNBC.
In 2017, Titania founded a Facebook group where parents could come together and get advice on raising kids in the digital age, share stories, and learn the latest news about social media. It now has more than 300,000 members and is growing rapidly.
