Some parents may overlook their kids’ growing age number, but there are a lot of changes that kids are going through everyday. Eleven is a number that is usually linked with the onset of adolescence in many kids, and this means, a lot of changes for the parents to deal with. As your kids turn […]
Is your child genetically predisposed with extraordinary learning skills or does he need an ideal environment to flourish his cognitive abilities? Is it the genetics or the environment that determines the intelligence level of your child? Well, both, actually. And we aren’t saying that out of thin air. Scientists have been rigorously working on determining […]
How true the statement is that social media is negatively influencing our kids? Well, I guess it’s not entirely true. Teenagers are using social media accounts for more than just sharing memes, photos or for watching videos. But today, we are particularly going to talk about teen girls due to a recent incident, where a […]
Sometimes I just think that parents aren’t as technologically challenged as we have presumed them to be. As a mother, I don’t find myself awing at terms like Augmented or Virtual Reality, nor do I have come across parents who don’t know how to use smartphones, Smart TVs, iPads, etc. And in fact, most of […]
The long and the short of it: If your kids are fond of using emojis, then they can get arrested. The Lowdown A twelve-year-old girl from Fairfax, Va., has been facing criminal charges for the use of bomb, gun and knife emojis on her Instagram account. The aforementioned caption was shared by the Washington post. […]
Something different happened this time during an episode of “Good Morning America”, an ABC Radio production. Parents sat down with their kids to discuss how well their kids have been doing in their digital world, and well, it didn’t go without tears and family trust being questioned. First, the correspondent of the show, T.J […]
It’s not strange if our kids lie to us, after all, every one of us does, at least, in some way tell a lie. However, the intensity and repercussions of lies differ. As a parent, we may have told our toddler kids that “Uncle Freddy is watching you”, to encourage them to sleep, or how […]
It’s a universal truth—in a world that’s agglomerated with technology, much of our communications embrace it. So be it social interaction, or building relationships, it’s not shocking at all to see how even teens are using social media to explore their sexuality. And one such app that’s used for this purpose is DOWN. DOWN—what exactly […]
You have debated with your kids about getting them a smartphone, and finally the time has come: You are getting a smartphone for your child! No doubt, it’s a very big step, after all, it’s about getting them access to almost everything that’s placed over the internet. But you need to ensure that your child’s […]
In the first part, we discussed top IM and dating apps that parents should have their eyes own. They include Snapchat, Kik, Tinder, Blendr, Omegle and Down. Now, we need to discuss the “Anonymous apps”. These are the apps that can let users to post without revealing their identity. So this would mean that when […]