The recent gay marriage bill passed in United States has brought revelations of ease for the LGBT community but still there are many layers of imperfections existent in our society. The passing of the bill doesn’t necessarily give the verdict that every resident of U.S. embraces Obama’s decision. Certainly, I am not advocating whether we […]
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4 Social Networking Apps That Are Dangerous For Your Kids
If you are a parent, then you would know how quickly kids pick up the latest technology these days. And if you used to flaunt to others about your kid’s iPad using skills as a toddler, then you should also know that the same kid can have, if they want to, access to all kind […]
5 Ways Technology Is Ruining Teen Health
Those were the good times when our children were toddlers and babies. If we reflect back, things were pretty different. We used to pay a lot of attention to our kids’ development and wellbeing. But now, we live with teenagers, who think they can look after themselves but always end up in some sort of […]
5 Mindsets to Help Your Startup Flourish
“I am positive and can do anything what it takes for my business” is just not enough to manage your startup company. Working on your creative (yet fragile) idea and transforming it into a consumer product requires a lot of resilience that may not just come from reading success stories of other people. There is […]
Busting the Myths and Exaggerations about Millennials
It’s unfortunate that as a new generation enters the workforce, they are labelled with stereotypical attributes that resembles that of young people, which tend to stay with them for the rest of their work life. Millennials are an archetype of one such anomaly. A global study conducted by IBM has aimed at breaking these stereotypes […]
How to Spot a Cyberstalker on Your Child’s Internet Feed
Cyberstalkers, like normal stalkers, come in a variety of different packages. We’ve already talked about how you can differentiate between a cyberbully and a cyberstalker. Now let’s go into more detail on how you can identify a cyberstalker on your kid’s Facebook or other social media outlet. You might think it is tricky, weeding out […]
Is There Ever a Right Time for Kids to Own a Smartphone?
The iPhones 6 are finally out, and I’ve got to admit: they are pretty looking phones. Nice enough to sway anyone’s resolve. So naturally, you’ve got to be prepared for your kids to nag you for the next couple of weeks. Give you the puppy eyes. Tell you how Joe’s dad already bought him the […]
Stop with That Parental Anxiety, Your teen’s aggression has a reason
Maybe you don’t need to whine about your parenting style anymore because all the aggression, disrespectfulness and risky behavior of your teen is the result of a mismatch in the maturity of different areas of their brain according to Forum Online. Neuroscientists believe that a teen’s brain is work-in-progress. Risky and rude behavior is the […]
The Unusual Way to Build Company Loyalty
No I am not going to tell you something out of this world on how to ensure loyalty from your employees. These are just few of the unusual ways how you can make your employees happy which will increase the productivity and motivation levels of employees and eventually the profits. It’s not strange that workers […]
4 Communication Tools to Make Your Kids Listen
One of my friends that inspired this blog is a single dad with an 11-year-old son. My friend—let’s call him John—is worried that ever since his mom went away, the kid keeps to himself a lot. Doesn’t tell him how his day went. Doesn’t tell him what he learnt in school. Doesn’t tell stories about […]