Toni Birdsong
Author, McAfee Consumer
Toni Birdsong began her career as a reporter in Los Angeles and later became a writer for Walt Disney Imagineering. Her passion for digital safety started 10 years ago as a way to gain the survival skills she needed to parent her own connected teenagers. Her goal with each post is to give busy parents the insight they need raise wiser, more compassionate digital kids. When she’s not writing (her first love), you can find Toni hiking, watching TikTok, or trying not to break an important body part at CrossFit.
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Family Safety
5 Quick Safety Hacks to Protect Your Kids Online
Being a parent in a socially networked world is likely one of the toughest challenges you will face. In...Mar 31, 2015 | 4 MIN READ
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Location Apps: Who’s Tracking Your Kids?
Photo: Find My Friends App Last week we talked about the dangers that can arise with apps...Mar 24, 2015 | 5 MIN READ
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Have You Checked Your Teens’ Phone for the Burnbook App?
Every few months a new mobile app surfaces on the social landscape that quickly catches on. And,...Mar 17, 2015 | 4 MIN READ
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Why Snapchat is Here to Stay and Why Parents Should Care
Remember this time last year when Snapchat was this vague, phantom-like disappearing photo app? Well, in just...Mar 03, 2015 | 5 MIN READ
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7 Tips to Help Your Teen Avoid Conflict in Group Texts
photo/groupme.com If you’ve ever had a conversation over email or text take a sudden nosedive due to...Feb 24, 2015 | 6 MIN READ
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How to Remove Unwanted Photos of Your Child Online
There’s a chance you may skip this blog post thinking to yourself: This will never happen to my...Feb 17, 2015 | 4 MIN READ
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7 Tips to Boost Your Family Goal Setting for 2015
To catch a vision for your family in the year ahead first requires a brief look back....Dec 30, 2014 | 4 MIN READ
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5 Priceless Gifts You Already Give Your Kids Every Day
If you are like me, the holidays usher in an assortment of feelings—some warm and fuzzy...Dec 23, 2014 | 4 MIN READ
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Have You Had the ‘Dangerous Celebrity’ Talk with Your Kids?
By now hopefully you’ve had several critical conversations with your child about the good, the bad, and...Sep 30, 2014 | 4 MIN READ
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Digital Dares: Dumb Kids with Smart Phones
Do you remember the guy or girl in high school who always took things just a little...Sep 23, 2014 | 4 MIN READ
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Apps to Stop You (Adults!) from Texting and Driving
She was texting and driving when she hit my kid. No, it wasn’t a careless teenager or...Sep 16, 2014 | 4 MIN READ
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40 Phrases Every Child Needs to Hear
With school back in full swing our house has transitioned almost instantly from long, fun summer days...Sep 09, 2014 | 4 MIN READ