by Rania Mankarious | Oct 7, 2018 | Blog
In today’s digital world, savvy parents do everything they can to protect their children online: we follow their social media or even forbid them from joining social media altogether; we check privacy settings; monitor internet usage through wireless routers or...
by Rania Mankarious | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog
Like so many, I spent Thursday watching as much of the Dr. Christine Blasey Ford andJustice Brett Kavanaugh hearings as I could. I am sure all those in that room would say it was emotional, frustrating and draining. But as the nation focused on the testimonies and...
by Rania Mankarious | Sep 23, 2018 | Blog
I thought I had seen just about everything when the headline hit me: Sex Robot Brothel Planned for Houston Gets Pushback…. How did we get here as a society? That was my first thought. But I quickly dove into all the incredibly complex issues this topic represents. Sex...
by Rania Mankarious | Sep 9, 2018 | Blog
There’s no other word to describe what happened other than horrifying. She woke up to him standing over her in her bedroom, naked. It was roughly 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 30 and her parents were sleeping just down the hallway. She’s only 13 years old. Terrified, she began...
by Rania Mankarious | Sep 2, 2018 | Blog
“I want to blow up the school” are the seven words that will cost 17-year-old Braeden McDaniel a lifetime of consequences. Earlier this week, these seven words got McDaniel handcuffed, escorted out of his school and taken to Harris County jail. Seven words now mean a...
by Rania Mankarious | Aug 26, 2018 | Blog
The murder of a young woman has the nation in an uproar. How is it possible that Mollie Tibbetts, the 20-year-old University of Iowa sophomore’s simple decision to go for an evening run in the farming town of Brooklyn, would senselessly lead to her death? As the case...
by Rania Mankarious | Aug 12, 2018 | Blog
It’s a scenario I see often. A young girl or boy posts extremely provocative photos on Instagram or Snapchat. They are kids in loving homes, with very involved parents. Still, the same questions come to mind: Do these parents follow their children online, on each...
by Rania Mankarious | Aug 5, 2018 | Blog
It’s been a surreal two weeks. The senseless murder of Dr. Mark Hausknecht shook our lives and captured the attention of the nation. As the community came together, a tip led to the identification of Joseph James Pappas, the man who apparently held a 20-year grudge...
by Rania Mankarious | Jul 29, 2018 | Blog
It doesn’t matter if you know the families or knew the girls. Tragic doesn’t even begin to describe the incomprehensible deaths of 16-year-old Salma Gomez and 16-year-old Chloe Robison. And the unbearable events that unfolded on July 25, 2018 remind us of the need to...
by Rania Mankarious | Jul 22, 2018 | Blog
We are all on social media – it is so deeply ingrained with how we live, think, spend our time, connect, message, market and socialize. We use it to keep up with family and friends, to watch what others are up to, to find romance or to market our businesses. I...