So on my last visit to doctor for annual check up of my 13-year-old son, I was informed glibly that my days of greatest influence over my child are finally going to be over. In fact, I will be fourth in the place, after his friends, teachers and doctor. While I helplessly threw a tantrum […]
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Teen apps in focus: Everything parents need to know about Ask.fm
We will keep this one short, unlike our previous reviews about social media apps. So let’s just tell you very quickly why you need to know about this app Ask.Fm. In 2013, a 14-year-old girl, living in Britain, Hannah Smith, killed herself after she was bullied online on her Ask.Fm profile. British Prime Minister, after […]
How to Identify a Cyberbully or Cyberbullying Victim
Most of the blogs that talk about cyberbully would hardly look at teens as cyberbullies. But the reality is—teens can be victims as well as bullies. We know that it’s hard to imagine your child as a bully, but kids who are bullies didn’t land from the space. There is this old idea that says […]
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 […]
4 Reasons Why Every Entrepreneur Needs To Take Labor Day Off
To all those hardworking entrepreneurs, who have invested all their sweat and fortune into the company they own today, we know you have dreamt of something big for your company and you sure will reach there one day. But is it a good idea to torment your mind and body by working 7 days a […]
Digital Safety Week: 7 Tips In 7 Days—#7 Don’t Ignore Your Kids’ Hashtags
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 […]
5 Mindsets to Help Your Startup Flourish
“I am positive and can do anything what it takes for my business” is just not enough to manage your startup company. Working on your creative (yet fragile) idea and transforming it into a consumer product requires a lot of resilience that may not just come from reading success stories of other people. There is […]
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 […]
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 […]
5 Things Gen Y Wish Gen X Would Stop Saying
Talking about the generation gap between parents and children seems unnecessary doesn’t it, especially in this age. But honestly it is and will always will be a fact, a reality that you can’t get rid of no matter how technologically evolved we become. Because us grownups, we forget what it was like to be a […]