The average age for a child to get their first smartphone is around 12 years. However, many kids are getting access to smartphones and tablets even before that. If you have been thinking about purchasing a mobile phone for your younger child, then today’s read is just for you! The Dos The basic purpose of […]
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6 Ways to Make Your Teen Get Things Done
Whether it’s about cleaning up the room, or doing homework, you don’t have to give up on the hope that one day; your kids will do these things themselves, without your saying. Follow these steps and chances are that your teen will listen to you and get things done. 1. Focus On Your Relationship with […]
Selfie Trend Is Fatal And Is Now Statistically Proven—a Moment of Epiphany for Parents
So finally, its official— the selfie obsession is dangerous. For this year, death toll by selfie related accidents exceed that of shark attacks, as 8 people have been killed by shark attacks and 12 people were clinched by death from taking precarious selfies. Though it’s not the most viable actuarial report and provides no cause […]
The Power of “Unplugging” At Home
Whether its Taylor Swift or One Direction that your kids idolize, just remember one thing: no matter how much wrong stuff they say about you in their rebellious teen years, their first and foremost role model will always be you! One of the biggest traits of any kid is their incredible observing power that they […]
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—#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 […]
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 […]
4 Social Media Apps Parents Don’t Know About
What parents know of their kids social media habits is only the tip of the iceberg. Because before parents have even had the chance to catch up with the workings of Facebook, the kids moved onto Twitter. And once parents start getting the hang of this 140-character-or-less vocation, the kids had long moved onto WhatsApp. […]
SunBurnArt: the latest Social Media Trend That Can Take Lives
We have had the weirdest and dumbest social media trends this year but this one seems to top all of them. The hashtag #SunBurnArt is the new twitter tale that’s been mentioned over 6000 times in last six days according to one social media analytics site. The tag entails images of people giving their body […]