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Are your kids going to wake up to bright shiny sparkly devices under the Christmas tree this year? If so, there are a few things you can do before it even lands in their hands in order to help keep...
View ArticleTop 20 posts on digital parenting for 2013
This past year I have written numerous posts on what it means for our kids to live in a world that is largely online, and what that means for us as parents as we try to safely navigate them through...
View ArticleListening when others speak about our children: use it to teach and guide
Depending on second hand informaiton about our kids has now more than ever become a parenting tool we need to start taking notice of and acting upon. We all like to think that our kids are good kids....
View Article2 Things Parents must do to Effectively Parent with Technology and the Online...
The rapid advances in technology have meant rapid changes to the way our children live their lives, and subsequently to the way we must parent. The changes to the way we get information, the way we are...
View ArticleUsing teachable moments to keep kids safe online
Using teachable moments is one of the most effective strategies I have used to help keep kids safe and responsible online and help get them thinking about consequences to their behaviours and thinking....
View Article5 Digital parenting beliefs you can kiss goodbye
With so much information going around about what is and isn’t appropriate for our kids to be doing online, it is little wonder parents are confused. Whilst it is a relatively new challenge, it doesn’t...
View ArticleParenting in a Digital World: Stop fighting, start connecting: The E-book!
I want to help my child make good decisions online but I’m not sure how? When I ask my child to stop playing a game he gets upset and says I don’t understand My child wants to play on their device all...
View ArticleChat speak, tech talk and emoji’s
Chat speak, tech speak, short cuts wreaking havoc on the english language? Or perhaps another link back to the caveman? Recently, diet gurus have urged us to turn back time to replicate the culinary...
View ArticleTechnology is a great servant, but a bad master: help kids take control
Technology is a great servant, but a bad master. This take on Francis Bacons quote “Money is a great servant but a bad master” could also be replaced with the words the internet, social media, device,...
View ArticleObserving Human behaviour online: what it means for our kids
The arrival of the internet some 20 something years ago, presented us with untold changes to the way we live our lives. Much of those changes now centre around how we work, how we are educated,...
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