If you feel that the emotional distance between you and your children is ever growing, then you are not alone. This distance can largely be attributed to how smartphones and social media have taken over our children’s lives. For parents of digital natives, this baffling problem is new and seemingly
The way teenagers communicate seems to be evolving all the time with a slew of new words being added to their vocabulary almost every other day. We know that it might be hard for you, as members of the previous generation, to understand how your children communicate these days. That’s why we have cr
Just a few weeks ago the World Health Organization announced that infants under 1 year old should not be exposed to electronic screens at all. They also say that children between the ages of 2 and 4 should not have more than one hour of “sedentary screen time” each day. In a world full of screens, a
We believe that there are two components that determine how effectively a message is delivered. One - the relevance of the message itself. Two - the medium of communication used to get the message across. Anti-bullying has taken center stage across the world in the past few years, with a significant
It is a tricky world out there, especially for parents trying to ensure that their children do not fall prey to online abuse and fake news. While it might be futile to try and tame the big bad wolf that is the world wide web, there are a few things you can do to protect your teens from exposing them
Technology has been successfully integrated into everything we do, right from the time we wake up to the minute we fall asleep. No wait… that’s not quite true - technology has also been integrated with sleep! We now have technologically advanced pillows which can cure sleep disorders and white noise
The Internet - a hub of all things, good and evil. Fortunately or unfortunately, it has become an indispensable part of our lives, and the lives of our children.It’s tempting to simply skip the conversation and hope that our children will not come across anything ugly online. However, we need to rem
The greatest irony of the century has to be that tech leaders from Silicon Valley restrict their children’s smartphone usage… and most of us don’t! Many CEOs of companies like Apple, Microsoft, Snapchat and others have a very stringent screen time allowance for their children. Some power couples res
If you have teens at home, they are most probably on Snapchat. If we are to ever question them about why they resort to using an increasingly uncountable number of social media applications, they would most likely respond with “They are simple platforms for us to showcase our daily lives on”, when i
When was the last time you saw your children look up from their social media feed and voluntarily engage in a conversation with you? If you have to think about it, we feel you! You’ve probably spoken to them, scolded them or even pleaded with them to stop with their online obsession, but all your ef
It is not by accident that smartphones, tablets and computers have become ubiquitous today. While they serve as valuable productivity tools, the companies that make them, along with those that make apps, have relentlessly focused on making them engaging. A good thing, one might argue. There comes a
Device addiction or screen addiction is the problematic overuse of technology such as computers, smartphones, tablets or gaming systems, to the point of negatively impacting the addict’s life. This addiction is becoming more common in teens and children as technology becomes more and more a part of
