Author Archive: Victoria Kempf
Victoria Kempf, RN is a passionate internet safety expert, co-founder and COO of
ScreenRetriever, a children’s internet safety monitoring product that gives parents
complete visibility of all of their children’s computer activity with their children's knowledge so that parents can teach safe, appropriate online behavior.
5 ZZZZZeasons Why Your Teen Should Put Tech Devices Away At Night and Go to Sleep
We’ve all been sleep deprived at one time or another. And it feels lousy doesn’t it? It can ruin your entire next day. You may feel cranky, or have that horrible groggy feeling, or be less able to concentrate. I started out my career at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston as a nurse on [...]
Don’t Let Your Teen Be Catfished or Duped by an Online Imposter
Today’s generation of teens socialize with their peers by using social networking sites. Most tweens and teens are living out a portion of their lives online and many relationships take place at least partly online. There are many positives about social networking and using the internet, but security risks and online safety concerns also come [...]
7 Facebook Risks You Should Discuss With Your Teen
Do you worry when your teen goes on Facebook? Many parents do. There can be wonderful benefits when kids use social media to connect with friends and family or even get homework assignments. Social networking, like it or not, is this generation’s way of socializing. It’s a way to stay in touch with people that [...]
Teaching Your ADHD Teen Appropriate Computer Behavior
Is your child one of the 10.4 Million children in the U.S. diagnosed with ADHD? According to a recent study, the number of kids diagnosed with ADHD has risen dramatically by 66% since 2000. What is ADHD? ADHD is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders today. Usually, it is first diagnosed in childhood and [...]
Sexting, 3 Reasons Why Teens Should Think Twice About Sexting
When we were growing up and starting to become interested in the opposite sex, we passed notes to each other in class or spent time on the wired phone which was often within earshot of Mom. Enter the internet age for the current generation of tweens and teens and now we have sexting! Today, thirty [...]
The 4 Biggest Online Risks for Teens
The landscape and environment has changed for teens growing up today to include a vast online world that is beyond the scope of what we ever could have imagined. Unfortunately, many parents have yet to embrace the new reality of the impact this online world is having on teens today. Parents need to be proactively [...]