
Is it Ever OK to Spy on Your Kids
Is it ever okay to spy on your kids? I expect that many people will react strongly to that question, one way or the other. That was my intention. I’ll start off by saying that I don’t believe it’s ever okay to “spy” on your children. I do believe that it’s okay to oversee what they’re doing online. It’s every parent’s responsibility to look out for and protect their children from harm in all things. That’s the job we took upon ourselves the moment they were born. Why is

The Most Useless Cybersafety Law
I live just outside of Philadelphia. Up until recently, the speed limit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike was 65 MPH. It recently was raised to 70 MPH. People’s initial reaction to the new speed limit ranged from saying that it’s about time the speed limit matched what people were driving anyway to saying that it will just mean that people will drive even faster. From what I’ve seen driving it almost daily, there is some real truth to that last opinion. The minimum age to use m

The Ethics of Product Placement on Social Media
If you’ve used social media for any length of time, you’ve probably said something kind about a company’s product or service that you’ve used. Maybe you’ve even said something unkind about a company. There’s nothing wrong with doing that, if that’s what you believe and you weren’t compensated by the company (or anyone else) for doing so. When you are compensation, either in the form of cash, a discount or a free item/service, that’s another issue entirely. I have no prob