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Parent’s Guide: How to Protect Your Kids’ Privacy & Security [Infographic]
As children and teens interact more with digital platforms through their wireless devices, sharing photos and even their location, it’s important parents talk with their kids on how to stay safe. This...
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Parent’s Guide: How to Manage Your Kids’ Cellphone Bills [Infographic]
Putting your kids on the family wireless plan keeps them in touch with family and friends, but without knowing the limits on calls, texts or data usage, they may run up your monthly bill. To help...
View ArticleCyberbullying: Tips and Tools to Protect Your Kids: January WOW Policy Point
What is cyberbullying, and more importantly, how do you protect your kids from it or prevent your kids from being a bully? To help parents with this issue, CTIA’s Growing Wireless provides tips and...
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Parental Controls: Controlling Your Kid’s Device Usage
CTIA’s GrowingWireless.com, the resource for parents raising digital kids, lists parental control features from a number of device manufacturers and wireless providers. To help the busy parent, look...
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Parental Controls: Calculating Data Usage
How much data do your kids need to use their mobile devices? In addition to KnowMyApp.org, which gives you an estimate on some of the most popular apps’ data usage BEFORE you download them, there are...
View ArticleQUIZ: How Well Do You Know Kids and Wireless Devices?
How well do you know the world of kids and wireless devices? Whether you are a seasoned digital parent or are just now exploring how to monitor and manage your kid’s wireless experience, take CTIA’s...
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Parental Controls: Restricting Inappropriate Content
Just like when your child watches movies and TV, it’s important you know that the content they see is appropriate. Yet what is appropriate for one family may differ from another, even if the kids are...
View ArticleParental Controls: Setting Time Limits
From bedtime to during school or homework hours, parents may want to limit the time periods (and amount of time) their kids use their wireless device. GrowingWireless.com identifies apps and features...
View ArticleQUIZ: Distracted Driving: Teens Behind the Wheel
Teenage drivers, often the most inexperienced drivers on the road, are the most at risk for distracted driving. Take the quiz below and test your knowledge of how teenagers are handling their...
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The Wireless Foundation’s 20th Annual VITA Achievement Awards Dinner
Last night, The Wireless Foundation marked the 20th Annual VITA Achievement Awards Dinner by recognizing individuals and organizations creating a positive impact in their communities with wireless...
View ArticleParent’s Guide to Mobile Phones Now Available
CTIA’s and its member companies’ commitment to providing parents with the resources needed to educate kids about responsible wireless use is clear. Building on CTIA’s GrowingWireless.com and other...
View ArticleVITA 2015 Reception Recap
Last night at the VITA 2015 Reception, the wireless industry celebrated connectivity and the power of mobility as a force for good. It was also an occasion to support the important work of The Wireless...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Get Your Kids a Cellphone (Until…)
Yes, it’s true. I am the head of the trade association that promotes wireless technology, but I am strongly advising you to avoid getting your kids mobile devices…until you are ready to work with them...
View ArticleParent’s Guide: How to Respond to Cyberbullying [Infographic]
According one survey, more than 40 percent of teens have experienced cyberbullying. This destructive behavior comes through text messages, social networks and phone calls, and can have lasting effects...
View ArticleParent’s Guide: How to Respond to Sexting [Infographic]
A recent study found that 46 percent of adolescents had received a message or picture with “sexual content” that their parents would disapprove of, often referred to as “sexting.” While these images...
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