Family Safety
Children are exposed to a lot on the internet: between browsing at home, in school and on the go. That’s why it’s so important to help to keep them safe, even when you can’t be there. Check out the latest McAfee blogs to learn how you can protect your entire family from cyberbullying and other online threats.
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What’s the Right Age to Give Your Child a Phone?
Wondering when to give your child his or her first phone? Here are a few key questions that may help...
School From Home: Project-Based Learning
If your personal situation at home is school work that’s finished quickly, leaving your student bored or...
School #FromHome: The Challenges of Online Learning for Parents and Kids
With classrooms closed and millions of kids faced with schooling at home, parents are wondering how do...
School #FromHome: Bring Structure to Your Day
Whether you’re a few weeks into a school closure or going on a few months now, you’re...
School from Home: “Square One” Basics
With many schools around the globe postponing classes for long stretches or closing school outright for the...
How to Stay Secure While Distance Learning: Don’t Get Schooled by Hackers
With schools closed for the remainder of the year, students have moved from in-person to virtual classrooms. Distance learning has...
Internet Safety for Kids: A Refresher for Homebound Families
So what can we do to ensure the weeks ahead don’t bring more digital risk into our homes? Here are...
How to Stay Cyber Safe While Social-Distancing
Do you find yourself working from home these days? Kids off school too? Then your daily life...
Little Ones Online More? Here Are 10 Basics To Keep Them Safe
Wondering how to keep your child safe online? As a parent, you have a golden window of time for laying...
Honey, We’re Home! Securing Your Devices and Your Family Bond
More parents and their kids are working from home these days. With this increase in device use in the home,...
WhatsApp Security Hacks: Are Your ‘Private’ Messages Really Ever Private?
WhatsApp is king of the messaging apps but are there loopholes hackers can easily exploit? Here are some key ways...
Is WhatsApp Safe for Kids? Here’s What Parents Need to Know
Kids use the messaging app WhatsApp to talk privately with friends, exchange content and videos, and (hopefully)...
