Kids spend so much of their time with their smartphones these days that it’s pertinent over parents now to keep a close check on their kids online activity. The biggest threat that parents should have is with the use of internet-ready apps by tweens and teens. You may have set codes and rules for […]
Just a few months back, two teens were caught for burglarising an ice-cream truck. But it was difficult for the local authorities to find who really did it, as the two had broadcasted their heist live on an app called Periscope. Periscope—what is it exactly? Periscope is a live video and audio streaming app that […]
Pre-teen years are moments of unique exasperation, and for girls, it’s specifically a little too much. They seem emotional, as oestrogen spikes continue steadily. The preceding spark grows into a more intense phase where girls usually have to fight with the gender norms that are a threat to it. Expectations come into play— which […]
So here is another one about drugs and teens. The study published by The Drug Dependence Journal has some serious answers to why kids get attracted to drugs, and parents’ behavior is one of them. It’s the time that parents need to understand how their attitude towards kids can really determine what they would become […]
Nearly 25 years ago, history’s first text message was sent by a man names Neil Papworth. In 1992, the text message that read “Merry Christmas” was sent by Papworth using a PC to his friend’s phone. Over two decades, the humble text messaging has evolved as SMS, magnanimously enduring as the best and most popular […]
Just 11 months ago, a video streamed over internet that took everyone by storm—a video by a father whose daughter was bullied. Diedra, an adopted and an African american child, who received several messages containing bullying and racial slurs. The bullies were from her school who had sent her messages using a very famous social […]
It may come as a surprise to most of the parents that their kids cheat in exams or for quizzes in school. But this new study makes it pretty clear—Parents underestimate their children’s ability to cheat in exams, as only 3 percent believe that their kids cheat, whereas, 35 percent of the kids do actually […]
A new application is still on its way to hit app stores late this November but has already attracted a lot of controversy even before its release. Peeple is the first of its kind, which let user to rate other people. It works just like Yelp, except that it doesn’t rate restaurants, hotels, businesses or […]
Do you remember the first time you used internet? I bet you do. Let me tell you mine’s. It was an Intel Pentium 1 Desktop that was the size of a mini fridge. Too many fans and massive boards, with much of everything wired—most of them tangled across my feet. Amongst that agglomeration, I got […]
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. […]