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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Remember when I told you how stalking your kids on Facebook could be worth your while? Well apparently, there’s a mum who did just that and might have saved son’s life in doing so. The woman—who has her very own media name now; Utah Mom—is one of few parents who realize that a child’s digital […]
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 […]
It’s not secret, kids are not as concerned about online privacy as their parents are. For them, the more friends/followers/subscribers they have, the better. Since that in turn means more likes on their selfies, more reblogs of their post, more retweets of their tweet. But in doing so, they put themselves at great risk. They […]
I think we can all admit that we’ve got a few digital habits we’d rather not let anyone know of. But we do them so often that they’re almost second nature. And sometimes, we forget that those habits may not always be appropriate in certain settings. Take endless browsing, for example. We’ve all been down […]
So you probably see the terms ‘cyberbully’ and ‘cyber-stalker’ used quite frequently around here. I would’ve gone on using them as they are if not for an email I received earlier from a concerned mum of 2. “My son is being cyber-stalked by his classmates, too,” she wrote “He’s been getting lots of hurtful messages […]
As if addiction to alcohol or drugs wasn’t enough, the turn of the century brought with it a whole new line of dependence. So now we’ve got ourselves internet addiction, which is pretty problematic, too. A recent incident of a teen who died from gaming 40 consecutive hours is an example. I was once an […]