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Telethon Kids and the Beacon App with Bec Nguyen

Posted on 06/07/2021 by Leonie Smith • 0 Comments

My guest today is Bec Nguyen from “Telethon Kids Institute” Project Manager of the “Beacon App” a cyber safety educational app designed to keep parents and carers up to date with trusted, tailored information, to help keep their kids safe online.

Bec Nguyen is a Digital Project Manager with the Health Promotion and Education Research team, overseeing all digital health projects. She is currently project managing CoLab’s Bright Tomorrows App Project and The Beacon App Project.

In todays podcast Bec and I chat about what research Telethon Kids is doing into the effects of technology on our young people and how the Beacon App helps parents keep across technology.

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More about Telethon Kids Here: https://www.telethonkids.org.au

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A Girls & Boys Guide To Puberty Digital Families Podcast with Michelle Mitchell

Posted on 01/04/2021 by Leonie Smith • 0 Comments

My guest today is someone I’ve had on Digital Families twice before. Michelle has such an amazing insight into parenting, that I’m constantly recommending her to parents who need good straight talking advice about their children’s issues. Michelle Mitchell an author, speaker and advocate for families and parenting teenagers. She is the author of… Continue Reading

Snapchat, Musical.ly, and Instagram – 8 Year Old Children on 13+ Apps

Posted on 12/12/2017 by Leonie Smith • 0 Comments

Reflections on 2017 This year I’ve been to Perth, Kangaroo Island, Tasmania, Townsville and Griffith among other exotic locations. It is fascinating to see how each location differs with their approach to online safety and how the community is, or is not… getting involved. I was heartened to see some of the smaller communities I visited like Kangaroo… Continue Reading

Is Musical.ly Safe For Kids?

Posted on 30/03/2016 by Leonie Smith • 34 Comments

Updated 1st Sept 2016 What Is It? Musical.ly 13+ is a free social media music app where users can watch user generated lip sync video, and create video themselves lip-syncing or dancing to music available on the app. It has over 80 millions users. Choose your music, or mix someone else video and create your own… Continue Reading

Facebook’s Dinosaur Privacy Check Up

Posted on 08/09/2014 by Leonie Smith • 0 Comments

It’s certainly great to see Facebook making it easier for users to check their privacy settings. If you normally find the privacy settings onerous at least this is quite an easy way to check some basic settings. Be aware though, this check is very basic, there are way more settings you may not want… Continue Reading

Start Your Kids Early On Social Media and Chat Apps!…Really?

Posted on 30/05/2013 by Leonie Smith • 11 Comments

You Can Do it….But Only Under Our Roof! There’s a parenting style that some parents have advocated, probably since the cave man days, that it is better to supervise their underage child’s use of adult pursuits whether it’s alcohol/sex/smoking or even illegal drugs than to ban it completely as it will only push it… Continue Reading

How To Block and Report A Twitter Troll

Posted on 30/08/2012 by Leonie Smith • 2 Comments

Trolling is not necessarily abusive. But if you are attacked online threatened and harassed this is for you. Without going into all the what, why and who did what to whom on Twitter over the last few days. If you want to block and report a Twitter abuse,someone who is being abusive to you on… Continue Reading

How Do You See What You Are Sharing On Facebook?

Posted on 12/07/2012 by Leonie Smith • 2 Comments

You may think that you are only sharing your Facebook posts and private information with a few friends, but unless you have a look at your Facebook profile from the point of view of a total stranger, you don’t really know if you have all the privacy settings ticked off. Below is a short video… Continue Reading

How To Report and Block Content And Cyber Bully’s on Facebook!

Posted on 19/02/2012 by Leonie Smith • 0 Comments

When you really start investigating Facebook’s interface, there are places throughout it for blocking and reporting content. And after a close look it starts to be obvious where Facebook places these tools. This post will help you to find the blocking and reporting and unsubscribing tools, and also explain why and how to use them.… Continue Reading

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