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 […]
Why Teens Are Going Crazy over This Bizarre ‘Charlie Charlie’ Social Media Trend
Recently we came across a very dangerous social media trend ‘Game of 72’ and now we have a new one within days. But this one makes a little more sense than to its predecessor. Why is it so? Because experts believe that teens undergo hormonal and other chemical changes that brings their inclination towards creepy […]
Why Parents Need to Know About Catfishing
Let’s delve into the scary world of online dating, shall we? As if you didn’t have enough to worry about what with kids going out with the wrong sort at school, they’re now going off and finding people to mate with on the internet. Complete strangers that they know nothing about who are probably […]
Video Games Are The Devil… Or Are They?
The debate on video games causing violent behavior is confusing, isn’t it? I mean what are you to believe when Time Magazine tells you video games instill aggression in young minds, and Forbes tell you that the correlation is all balderdash? To be honest, your stance on video games shouldn’t really be just black and […]
Teens Never Have Enough Sleep but Parents Can Fix That
There’s an interesting debate going on in the parenting blogosphere after some doctors suggested that schools start later on in the day so teens can sleep in. Because we see it all the time, don’t we? Teens are always exhausted and they never seem to have enough sleep. But parents are divided on that idea. […]