Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 12, 2011
My child, the Digital Native. Her grandfather (my dad) is constantly amazed at what she can accomplish on the iPad. He claims it’s because the apple (pardon the pun) isn’t falling far from the tree. “I can’t do what you do,” my Dad tells me often. “You just sit behind a computer and just figure [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 29, 2011
Whether it is this week or next, a new school year is about to begin. Your child, regardless of the grade, now faces a who new year of challenges, both academic and emotional. While parents tend to focus more on the obstacles at hand — time for homework, time for extra-cxurricular activities, what your child [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 17, 2011
With identity theft against children a growing issue online and in mainstream media outlets, IDGuardian is reposting some of our previous articles concerning minors and keeping their personal data safe. It may seem that assuring your child’s personally identifying information (PII) is easy to keep secure, but it can be pretty hard to do as [...]
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Posted by: Megan Howard in: ● July 18, 2011
My son, Ace, is 12, and he wants to be on Facebook. I told him “No” because the regulations of Facebook state that you have to be at least 13 years old to have an account. Ace protested that his friends all have Facebook accounts and they aren’t 13. I told him, “The fact these [...]
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Posted by: Anne Wallace in: ● July 6, 2011
As we have mentioned on this blog, child identity theft is a growing concern, and on July 12, The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice are hosting a forum on this alarming issue. Experts from a variety of resources including government, business, non-profit, legal service providers, as well as victim advocates will [...]
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Posted by: Megan Howard in: ● June 13, 2011
IDGuardian welcomes to the blog Megan Howard, an accomplished writer, blogger, adjunct English professor, Irish dance teacher, and mom. Her blog posts have been nationally syndicated by BlogHer.com and featured on FiveStarFriday.com, and now Megan brings her parental perspectives on protecting your children’s identity to our blog. I renamed my children in 2008. My son [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 20, 2010
You constantly hear around this holiday season things like “Has it really been a year?” or “Hard to believe we’re already at the end of the year…” but looking back on the postings, the podcasts, and the headlines we have shared with you, it is hard to believe that a year has passed, and what [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● November 1, 2010
I love my kid. She loves to play, loves to laugh, genuinely cares about the well-being of others, and is polite to a fault. This is why I get a little upset when I see other kids overlook all these incredible qualities about her, and look at her as a target. They insult her. They [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 23, 2010
From our home office of Intersections Inc, Senior Vice President of Operations Andy Gerry was recently featured on NBC as part of a national media piece discussing kids and identity theft. Take a look at this in-depth piece of a topic that we at ID Guardian are watching closely and continuing to report and comment [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 2, 2010
International vacations, in the early days of commercial flight, were once reserved for an exclusive few. As depicted in Young Indiana Jones, children rarely got the chance to span the globe; but when they did, exciting situations would unfold. Today, with air fares becoming more affordable and the Internet connecting cultures more readily, young people [...]
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