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Jim Beaugez

Jim Beaugez is a C Spire communications strategist with 15 years of professional writing experience.

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How to manage your child’s profile on three gaming platforms

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 26, 2023 3:25:31 PM

One of the biggest issues parents have with gaming platforms and online games is the time their kids spend staring at a screen. The other big one is the ability for kids to engage in conversations with strangers. Both of those concerns—as well as content restrictions—are addressed in parental controls for the three most popular gaming platforms, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Xbox.

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Topics: Connect & Protect

Why ‘sun outages’ may cause TV blackouts

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 25, 2023 1:06:24 PM

No matter what you’ve heard, the sun doesn’t always shine on TV. In fact, the sun can cause your TV to go dark.

Twice a year, during the spring and fall, the tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit around the sun places the satellites that receive TV signals directly in line with the sun.

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Mental health experts address the online dangers facing kids and teens

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 15, 2023 3:49:43 PM

Every parent is responsible for steering their children to a successful adulthood. And every parent today has to confront the reality of an online world and how it can impact the growth and development of their kids.

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Topics: Connect & Protect

Setting up Hulu’s parental control feature is easy, if your family fits these two categories

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 8, 2023 6:11:16 AM

For parents of kids and teens, streaming media services offer a broad range of convenient content for on-demand viewing. And while there’s no doubt the availability of high-speed, broadband fiber internet has brought a plethora of quality TV shows, movies, documentaries and more into the family living room, not all of it is family friendly—not even close.

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Topics: Connect & Protect

Why are kids obsessed with TikTok and Snapchat?

By: Jim Beaugez on Sep 8, 2023 6:03:14 AM

Let’s get the obvious out of the way: TikTok and Snapchat are popular with kids and teens because, for the most part, parents aren't there. You simply can’t be everywhere, and you shouldn’t be everywhere. But kids and teens still need guidance in navigating their way to adulthood.

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Get to know the AI chatbots your kids may already use

By: Jim Beaugez on Aug 29, 2023 5:07:42 PM

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has much of the developed world on edge questioning where intelligent robots could lead.

Will AI be a net positive or negative for humankind? There are clearly ways it could be used to our benefit. AI has already been deployed to monitor the health of coral reef ecosystems, detect harmful diseases in humans, and improve access to clean water. (Heck, we even use it on our wireless network.)

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