Whenever I look at the tech around my kids, I see it more like a double-edged sword. One one hand, it’s a great virtual learning place, and on the other, it’s full of dangers and parental woes Internet offers higher intellect learning that develops your child’s brain at a blazing speed. If it weren’t for […]
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Teen apps in focus: Everything parents need to know about Omegle
The first lesson that parents usually teach their kids is to never talk to strangers. And this parenting lesson is generic across generations and cultures for a good reason. In real life, it’s very much easily avoided, but when it comes to internet, it’s not that easy. Users are encouraged often to interact with anons. […]
Teen apps in focus: Everything parents need to know about LINE
LINE—another instant messaging app was designed during the Tohoku earthquake that struck Japan in 2011. The purpose for developing a Instant Messenger app was to provide people to connect with their families, coworkers and loved ones around the world through internet, because the natural calamity had left national communications collaterally damaged. Just like other social […]
Lessons from 2015: 5 don’ts of digital parenting
Last year was more like a technological breakthrough for new apps. For parents who are always busy with their usual stuff i.e. work and only work, it was just another year of hardships to keep up with the technological trends. But parents who are worried about their kids never take a break from keeping their […]
Teen apps in focus: Tinder—everything that parents need to know
What’s parent’s biggest nightmare in this time and age? Finding out that your kid has been catphished by some stranger online—posing as a teenager—who has even met your kid and later, you find out that your child is even a victim of sexual assault. It may sound harsh and blatant, but the reality is—online sexual […]
Hazing and School: A Sinister and Not-So-Simple Duo
Hazing is not an old problem; it’s actually an ancient issue that persists in human behavior since the inception of this world. A report has revealed that initiation rituals related to hazing can be traced back to 2000 years. Maybe not existent since the aboriginal times, but it surely is a contemporaneous yet classical issue. […]
6 Bad Work Habits and Their Treatment [Infographic]
Every office has a bunch of slackers and procrastinators. But that is not it. There are various other reasons why some of your employees are not able to put up some work on time. These productivity shortfalls are not the just the work of chronic procrastinators—employees can easily get distracted, if they don’t have clear […]
Parents Can Now Decode Internet Slang with the Help of a Dictionary
Outside U.S., attempts have been made for parents to better understand the internet slang. In U.K, the Government has been taking measures proactively to achieve a better parenting stance. Though, the criticism has been placed over the U.K. government’s role as the middle-man, but I was rather shocked too, finding myself completely lost with these […]
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 […]