Tech Talk, Online Reviews, Teen Crime, Allowance, Staying Bothered, Flip Phones

The Tech Talk (0:00:00) With children getting smart phones at such young ages, it’s important that we’re conscious of how they’re using them and who they’re talking to. Too many kids have been taken advantage of by strangers on the internet with bad intentions. Now you might getsome push-back from your children when you try to monitor their phones and other devices. Most all kids will fight you for their privacy. But our next guest, who has spent many years focused on cyber-crimes among youth and taking down online child predators, believes it’s important that parents stay involved when it comes to technology. Rich Wistocki is a former cyber-crimes detective with his own consulting firm dedicated to educating parents and kids on this topic. Online Recommendations (0:18:47) In today’s world, we hardly go anywhere without recommendations. Everything we do is dependent on a few star-ratings and a well-written review. Luckily, we can access people’s opinions easily online. Even Facebook set up a way for us to ask for recommendations from friends on its platform. But reviews are not only critical to consumers. They also have a big impact on businesses and job seekers. Today we’re joined by Justin “job coach” Jones, a career development manager. He’s here to share his insights into the world of recommendations and reviews and how it has changed the way people make decisions, find jobs, and run businesses. Teen Crime: False Confessions (0:36:06) You’re sitting at the dinner table, about to eat, when the doorbell rings. There are two police officers at the door ready to handcuff your child. You go to the police station and when they finally tell you what’s going on, you find out your child confessed to everything they were accused of. You get a moment with your child and ask them what happened. They look back at you and say that they didn’t do anything; the police just got into their head. This exact situation happens more often than you’d think. Why do people, especially minors, confess to crimes they did not commi