Many parents do not allow their kids below 13 on social media (and rightly so) but cannot exclude all forms of communication. Emails are a good option here, because there is control on who can communicate with the kid, and emails could actually help the child develop communication skills, like writ
I remember a time in my life that as I closed my eyes to sleep, my brain reverberated with nursery rhymes, the alphabet song, and because I am a nerd and decided to teach my in-house kindergarten kid the periodic table song (yes, I see a psychologist couch in my child’s future), that one. When I was
During the Covid-19 pandemic, social media sites have become the top tools for communication. While teens can already use mainstream social media apps, younger children started finding other ways to keep in touch. Marco Polo is one of the new apps kids started using during the pandemic. But, before
Teenspeak in the digital era“WTH*” says my teen, as I pour water over her sleepy head. “KMN*”, she groans, when I remind her that online school starts in about thirty-six seconds, and says, “TSNF*”. *What-The-He##, Kill-Me-Now, That’s-So-Not-FairLiving with a teenager teaches me that this breed of
While the age of digital information is here to stay, and indeed benefits humanity in many ways, its risks to kids and adolescents cannot be stressed enough. One such risk is exposure of kids to age-inappropriate content such as pornography – the elephant in the room that must be tackled before th
Why is cyberbullying a serious problem?It is well-established, both objectively and from experience, that the effects of cyberbullying are serious and cannot be ignored. The effects of cyberbullying range from social withdrawal to suicides and are exacerbated by the boundaryless nature of the Intern
Screen Time is one tool that a majority of parents use today on iPhones and iPads. Right from monitoring iOS devices to tracking all the apps and the amount of time spent on them, Screen Time gives parents a report on what their kids have been up to and whether there’s any intervention required. But
The Roman poet Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (“Juvenal” in English) lived in the 2nd century AD. In his book of satirical poems, he wrote: Rarus enim ferme sensus communis - “common sense is generally rare”. Twenty centuries later, after we’ve sent man to the moon and connected the world in zettabytes o
Yubo, previously known as Yellow, is extremely popular among teens. A number of controversies erupted as soon as it started getting a large number of tween and teen users. It mimics adult social media & dating apps like Tinder and has been called out for being a dating app for teens. Parents, teache
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. No event in the near past has called for more extraordinary measures, than the enigmatic Covid-19 virus that has, apart from shattering lives and livelihoods, torn the fabric of normalcy in every walk of life.The difference between the current si
What is Cyber Flashing? Cyber Flashing can be best described as an incident or multiple incidents where explicit or inappropriate media files are sent to your phone anonymously and without permission. This is most commonly reported amongst iPhone users. Using an application called AirDrop anyone wit
Existing Chromebook users will not be able to access HTTPS sites after 3:00 a.m. EST on October 24, 2019 because the previous Mobicip CA certificate has expired. Instead they will see one of the webpages below appear on their browser. Please do not be alarmed by these warning messages. To resolve th
