Awards

• Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Family/Parenting) 2012
• Commended for IndieFab awards (Parenting) 2011

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Lane has kept apace with youths' interest in the next new thing and is clearly attuned to how our imagined sense of privacy is an illusion, and even more so for our children. --Sharon Lamb, chair and professor of mental health, University of Massachusetts

Lane has a gift: the ability to explain complex matters so non-lawyers can comprehend the important nuances. Cybertraps for the Young should be standard issue for parents of all ages. --Mike Brunker, projects editor, msnbc.com Evolutions in technology have reshaped the landscape of parenting and educating in the 21st century. Parents must take affirmative steps to adequately provide children with support and monitoring necessary to support healthy, responsible use of these technologies. --Michael Touchette, digital forensics examiner, Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Lane has kept apace with youths' interest in the next new thing and is clearly attuned to how our imagined sense of privacy is an illusion, and even more so for our children. --Sharon Lamb, chair and professor of mental health, University of Massachusetts Lane has a gift: the ability to explain complex matters so non-lawyers can comprehend the important nuances. Cybertraps for the Young should be standard issue for parents of all ages. Mike Brunker, projects editor, msnbc.com Lane has kept apace with youths interest in the next new thing and is clearly attuned to how our imagined sense of privacy is an illusion, and even more so for our children. Sharon Lamb, chair and professor of mental health, University of Massachusetts Evolutions in technology have reshaped the landscape of parenting and educating in the 21st century. Parents must take affirmative steps to adequately provide children with support and monitoring necessary to support healthy, responsible use of these technologies. Michael Touchette, digital forensics examiner, Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Lane provides an invaluable guide for parents concerned about a set of techno-pitfalls unprecedented in human history. That he does so with wit, candor, and grace is fortunate for all who must confront the twenty-first century dangers waiting to ensnare unmoored children. Elizabeth Breau, ForeWord Magazine Frederick S. Lane's Cybertraps for the Young is a wake-up call to parents to recognize the potentially horrifying consequences of their children's use of the latest electronic gizmos. In a well-organized format, the author demonstrates how children are using computers and mobile phones to bully and harass; to take nude photos of themselves and others, and then send those photos to hundreds; to cheat in school; to steal intellectual property; to purchase tobacco, alcohol and drugs; to commit a variety of crimes often unknowingly from identity theft to hacking to invasion of privacy, to libel, defamation, plagiarism and copyright infringement. Arthur Vanderbilt II, New Jersey Star-Ledger Lane has a gift: the ability to explain complex matters so non-lawyers can comprehend the important nuances. Cybertraps for the Young should be standard issue for parents of all ages. --Mike Brunker, projects editor, msnbc.com Lane has kept apace with youths' interest in the next new thing and is clearly attuned to how our imagined sense of privacy is an illusion, and even more so for our children. --Sharon Lamb, chair and professor of mental health, University of Massachusetts Evolutions in technology have reshaped the landscape of parenting and educating in the 21st century. Parents must take affirmative steps to adequately provide children with support and monitoring necessary to support healthy, responsible use of these technologies. --Michael Touchette, digital forensics examiner, Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Lane provides an invaluable guide for parents concerned about a set of techno-pitfalls unprecedented in human history. That he does so with wit, candor, and grace is fortunate for all who must confront the twenty-first century dangers waiting to ensnare unmoored children. --Elizabeth Breau, ForeWord Magazine Frederick S. Lane's Cybertraps for the Young is a wake-up call to parents to recognize the potentially horrifying consequences of their children's use of the latest electronic gizmos. In a well-organized format, the author demonstrates how children are using computers and mobile phones to bully and harass; to take nude photos of themselves and others, and then send those photos to hundreds; to cheat in school; to steal intellectual property; to purchase tobacco, alcohol and drugs; to commit a variety of crimes -- often unknowingly -- from identity theft to hacking to invasion of privacy, to libel, defamation, plagiarism and copyright infringement. --Arthur Vanderbilt II, New Jersey Star-Ledger

Frederick S. Lane's Cybertraps for the Young is a wake-up call to parents to recognize the potentially horrifying consequences of their children's use of the latest electronic gizmos. In a well-organized format, the author demonstrates how children are using computers and mobile phones to bully and harass; to take nude photos of themselves and others, and then send those photos to hundreds; to cheat in school; to steal intellectual property; to purchase tobacco, alcohol and drugs; to commit a variety of crimes -- often unknowingly -- from identity theft to hacking to invasion of privacy, to libel, defamation, plagiarism and copyright infringement. --Arthur Vanderbilt II, New Jersey Star-Ledger

Lane has a gift: the ability to explain complex matters so non-lawyers can comprehend the important nuances. Cybertraps for the Young should be standard issue for parents of all ages. --Mike Brunker, projects editor, msnbc.com Evolutions in technology have reshaped the landscape of parenting and educating in the 21st century. Parents must take affirmative steps to adequately provide children with support and monitoring necessary to support healthy, responsible use of these technologies. --Michael Touchette, digital forensics examiner, Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Lane has kept apace with youths' interest in the next new thing and is clearly attuned to how our imagined sense of privacy is an illusion, and even more so for our children. --Sharon Lamb, chair and professor of mental health, University of Massachusetts Lane has a gift: the ability to explain complex matters so non-lawyers can comprehend the important nuances. Cybertraps for the Young should be standard issue for parents of all ages. Mike Brunker, projects editor, msnbc.com Lane has kept apace with youths interest in the next new thing and is clearly attuned to how our imagined sense of privacy is an illusion, and even more so for our children. Sharon Lamb, chair and professor of mental health, University of Massachusetts Evolutions in technology have reshaped the landscape of parenting and educating in the 21st century. Parents must take affirmative steps to adequately provide children with support and monitoring necessary to support healthy, responsible use of these technologies. Michael Touchette, digital forensics examiner, Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Lane provides an invaluable guide for parents concerned about a set of techno-pitfalls unprecedented in human history. That he does so with wit, candor, and grace is fortunate for all who must confront the twenty-first century dangers waiting to ensnare unmoored children. Elizabeth Breau, ForeWord Magazine Frederick S. Lane's Cybertraps for the Young is a wake-up call to parents to recognize the potentially horrifying consequences of their children's use of the latest electronic gizmos. In a well-organized format, the author demonstrates how children are using computers and mobile phones to bully and harass; to take nude photos of themselves and others, and then send those photos to hundreds; to cheat in school; to steal intellectual property; to purchase tobacco, alcohol and drugs; to commit a variety of crimes often unknowingly from identity theft to hacking to invasion of privacy, to libel, defamation, plagiarism and copyright infringement. Arthur Vanderbilt II, New Jersey Star-Ledger Frederick S. Lane's Cybertraps for the Young is a wake-up call to parents to recognize the potentially horrifying consequences of their children's use of the latest electronic gizmos. In a well-organized format, the author demonstrates how children are using computers and mobile phones to bully and harass; to take nude photos of themselves and others, and then send those photos to hundreds; to cheat in school; to steal intellectual property; to purchase tobacco, alcohol and drugs; to commit a variety of crimes -- often unknowingly -- from identity theft to hacking to invasion of privacy, to libel, defamation, plagiarism and copyright infringement. --Arthur Vanderbilt II, New Jersey Star-Ledger Lane provides an invaluable guide for parents concerned about a set of techno-pitfalls unprecedented in human history. That he does so with wit, candor, and grace is fortunate for all who must confront the twenty-first century dangers waiting to ensnare unmoored children. --Elizabeth Breau, ForeWord Magazine Evolutions in technology have reshaped the landscape of parenting and educating in the 21st century. Parents must take affirmative steps to adequately provide children with support and monitoring necessary to support healthy, responsible use of these technologies. --Michael Touchette, digital forensics examiner, Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Lane has kept apace with youths' interest in the next new thing and is clearly attuned to how our imagined sense of privacy is an illusion, and even more so for our children. --Sharon Lamb, chair and professor of mental health, University of Massachusetts Lane has a gift: the ability to explain complex matters so non-lawyers can comprehend the important nuances. Cybertraps for the Young should be standard issue for parents of all ages. --Mike Brunker, projects editor, msnbc.com

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Frederick Lane is an attorney, an expert witness, and a professional speaker on the legal and cultural implications of emerging technology. He is the author of six books, including The Decency Wars and The Naked Employee, and has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and MSNBC. For the past 12 years he has worked as a computer forensics expert, serving on a wide variety of cases, including stalking, copyright infringement, embezzlement, intellectual property, sexting, obscenity, and child pornography. He is the former chairman of the Burlington School Board. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.

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