There are two ways to access content on social networks. You can either follow/add someone having all of their posts agglomerated into a newsfeed or you can check their Hashtags. Hashtags are intended to highlight the subject of a post. If your kid dines out at restaurant, for example, they might use #food, #friends or […]
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Digital Safety Week: 7 Tips in 7 Days—#6 Rules For Friendships
You cannot just let your kid be friend with anyone they find appeasing. There are certain things that parents should look into before their kids get into deep relationships of friendship or love over the internet. The Foremost Rule: If You Know Them Offline, You Can Be Friends Online It’s time that you have a […]
Digital Safety Week: 7 Tips in 7 Days—#5 Screen Addiction Signs
We know that teenagers are not very good at making sophisticated decisions. Even there are evidences that can prove so. Around 88% of the teens consider themselves to be safe drivers, where in reality; they have been using their cell phone behind the wheels. This kind of behavior also tells us that teens hardly know […]
Digital Safety Week: 7 Tips In 7 Days: Monitor Your Kids’ With Their Consent
There is nothing more disturbing and trust-breaking for a teen than to know about being secretly monitored. When kids enter their teenage, it’s a crucial phase. They feel more confident about their rights and privacy. Any such act of monitoring without even telling them will be taken as a gesture of insult. So if you […]
Digital Safety Week: 7 Tips In 7 Days—#3 Get Your Apple ID on Your Kids’ Devices
Imagine the convenience of controlling everything that your kids do on their smartphones with this simple tip—get your Apple ID on their iPhones and iPads. They are many reasons you would want to that. So let me help you out. 1. Review Purchases If you have your Apple ID and password on their devices, they […]
Digital Safety Week: 7 Tips In 7 Days—#1 Write down a Smartphone Contract with Kids
It’s a tough summer for parents. Kids’ internet and cell phone use tends to aggrandize in magnitude with every passing day. Therefore, our TMF team has planned to devote this entire week specifically for the teens’ digital safety. If curbing smartphone use seems difficult, we need to make sure that it’s not used inappropriately. When […]
Your Kids Are Not As Happy As You Might Think
Do you really know how happy your kids actually are? Well the answer that most parents would give back is that yes their kids are very happy. But this isn’t something I have asked for or want parents to look at. Instead, what I want is that parents need to look at their kids’ happiness […]
How to Encourage Creativity in Your Kids
I don’t think many parents realize how important it is to keep their children inspired. Because inspiration breeds creativity, especially in the early years. It is the kind of thing that makes writers and poets and painters and singers and savvy entrepreneurs. The kind of thing that brings lava between your couches, or turns cardboard […]
Online Dating And Teens—Is It Okay?
Teens undergo strong hormone spikes that magnify their feelings and instigates a strong desire to love and find romance. And it’s natural that they resort to dating websites and social media to find a date. Today we will be covering online dating in our society and how it plays a role in shaping our teens. […]
LGBT Bullying: Is Your Kid A Victim Too?
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 […]