Hi! Welcome to Cyber Safe Families PLUS. This community is designed to help you take action to keep your children safe and you up to date on the latest threats and trends. We have several pros in the group to help you along the way. Step 1: Introduce yourself in THIS THREAD below and complete the poll below! (✄ copy/paste template 👇) Where are you from? What is the biggest challenge you face with children and technology? What is your favorite book? Step 2: After you make your post and vote in the poll below, then check out the next section to begin your journey to creating a tech-peaceful home. Click Here To Start Your Journey Det. Mike

Any parents who have a child with Autism/ADHD that use the tablet as sensory output but afraid of the aspects of technology safety and being neurodivergent. How do you navigate that?

This month brought two major changes that will affect your kids' online safety. One is good news. The other? Well, you need to take action tonight. GOOD NEWS: YouTube's AI Age Verification Actually Works YouTube just rolled out something that might surprise you. They've got an AI system that can tell if your kid is lying about their age. And you know what? It's actually working. Here's the deal: When kids sign up claiming to be adults, YouTube's AI watches their behavior patterns. How they search, what they click, how long they watch videos. The AI has learned to spot the difference between a real 25-year-old and a 12-year-old pretending to be 25. What this means for your family: Your kid might suddenly get kicked off their "adult" YouTube account. Don't panic when this happens. This is actually good news. It means the system is working. When they get moved to YouTube Kids or a supervised account, they're safer. The AI caught them before they wandered into content meant for adults. Why this matters: For years, kids have been typing in fake birthdays to access whatever they wanted. Now technology is finally catching up to protect them. This is a real step in the right direction. Trust your kids, but trust YouTube's AI to be smarter than your 11-year-old's fake birthday. URGENT: Instagram's New Map Feature Is Dangerous Instagram just launched something called "Maps" that lets users share their location with friends. But here's the problem I need you to understand: your child's "friends" include people they've never met in real life. What predators can see right now: Where your child goes to school What time they get homeWhere they hang out after school Which bedroom window is theirs Remember, on Instagram, "friends" often means strangers who sent a friend request. Your child accepts these requests thinking more followers equals popularity. How to protect your child tonight: Method 1: Through DMs / Instagram Map 1. Open Instagram 2. Go to your Direct Messages (DMs) 3. Tap the map icon at the top of your inbox 4. Tap the settings gear icon (top right corner of the map) 5. Under “Who can see your location?”, select No one or a small, trusted group 6. Tap Done or Update to confirm

I need your help... I have an opportunity to work with a digital forensic company that I used to examine cell phones for my police department for a decade and in my private company. They are interested in using their technology to create a tool to help parents monitoring their children's phone and tablets to see way beyond what other tools are allowing parents to see. The number one thing I said is it has to be simple, like Staples Easy Button simple, to use. So, I need to know from YOU, if you could wave a magic wand and see anything on your child's phone to make sure they are safe, what would it be? Add your own or add a comment if you do not see it. You Got This, Det Mike

My big deal with my son is pay game is over time not limited, after I say almost finished , make his self not nice to me , and when I was busy do work around the hose he going back pay again , thank you