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3/3/2015CEO and Founder | Dad of fourI wanted to share the letter to President Obama that Common Sense Media signed along with 13 other leading consumer and privacy organizations today. The joint letter acknowledges the president's... read more -
3/2/2015Websites EditorGone are the days of Facebook as a one-stop shop for all social-networking needs. Recent reports go back and forth on teens' favorite digital hangout, but the fact is that these days, teens are... read more -
3/2/2015Parenting Editor | Mom of oneWe've all seen that dad yakking away on his cell phone at the playground while his 3-year-old resorts to increasingly desperate measures to get his attention. We've also been that parent. We answer... read more -
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3/1/2015Senior Editor, Books | Mom of twoIf you have preschoolers or a new baby at home, you're in luck this month. Stellar books for preschoolers show the joy of baby's first word, exhausting efforts to get a noisy barnyard baby to sleep,... read more -
2/27/2015CEO and Founder | Dad of fourIn the wake of California’s enactment of a watershed student privacy law, states from coast to coast are riding the wave and introducing legislation modeled on the California statute. In Oregon, Atty... read more
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2/27/2015
Parenting Editor | Mom of one
Many parents struggle with exactly how much screen time is OK for their kids. Is a half-hour show OK but a full-length movie "bad"? The truth is, there is no magic formula. A healthy media diet is... read more
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2/19/2015
Parenting Editor | Mom of one
Just when you thought you had YouTube figured out, your kids have discovered a new form of video entertainment: the 6-second, looping "micro-videos" of Vine. Short, funny, and distinctly clued into... read more
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2/18/2015
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Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, our fifth Common Sense Seal recipient, Song of the Sea, is a beautifully hand-drawn animated adventure story about Irish myths and legends.... read more
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2/18/2015
Senior Editor, Video Games & Websites | Dad of one
In today's digital age of tablets, cell phones, and Internet-connected devices, you have to wonder: Is there still room for toys? Well, if the products at the 2015 International Toy Fair were any... read more
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2/18/2015
CEO and Founder | Dad of four
I am pleased to announce that today, Common Sense Media is launching a Spanish-language blog and video page in order to better communicate with an important and growing segment of parents and... read more
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2/11/2015
Guest blogger | mom of one
My 9-year-old and I are on page 519 of The Book Thief. In eight long months of reading it aloud to him at night, there were several times when I questioned my choice of this particular bedtime story... read more
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2/9/2015
Websites Editor
Unless you're single, you might not be familiar with dating apps such as Tinder, where users can quickly swipe through prospective dates. But it's likely your teen knows all about these apps -- even... read more
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2/3/2015
Senior Editor, Video Games & Websites | Dad of one
When you look at your kids playing video games, you might worry they're wasting time and energy passively staring at a screen and pressing buttons. But what if their play time was actually a creative... read more
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