Tag Archives: screen time

Addiction, Application, Child Development, Communication, Cyber Wellness, Friendship and Relationship, Health and Safety, Humanity, Parenting, Tech Parenting, Technology, Telecommunication, Uncategorized

Your Kids Need You, Not More Screen Time

Posted on by Curtinas Lim
technology brings us apart
25
Feb

In this digital era, a phone is more interesting than anything else. It can give you anything that you need. Be it to find an answer, reconnect with old friends or to booking transport to another location. However, is it really all that good? Do you find yourself neglecting those who are around you and […]

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Addiction, Child Development, Communication, Cyber Wellness, Cybersercurity, Education, Health and Safety, Parenting, Social Media, Tech Parenting, Technology, Uncategorized

Your Child’s Better Than You When It Comes To Technology

Posted on by Zachdev
older sister teaching the younger sibling
02
Jan

You may not know your upload from your download, but you can still be a great digital parent. Worried that your child knows more about tech than you do? Of course, they do. They were born into a digital world and probably learned to swipe before they could stand. For you, it’s different. You had to […]

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Addiction, Child Development, Communication, Cyber Wellness, Cybersercurity, Education, Friendship and Relationship, Parenting, Tech Parenting, Technology, Uncategorized

Handling Digital Defiance

Posted on by Zachdev
child is rude to parent, does not wish to hear her mother
02
Jan

Digital rules are a bit like smartphone screens. Sooner or later, they’re going to get smashed. The important thing is how you handle the repairs. What’s the right way to react when your child pushes back on the online boundaries you’ve set – or out-and-out defies your screen-time rules? It’s a situation virtually every digital […]

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Addiction, Application, Child Development, Communication, Cyberbullying, Cybersercurity, Education, Friendship and Relationship, Health and Safety, Law, Parenting, Social Media, Tech Parenting, Technology, Uncategorized

Teenagers Dating Apps That You Need To Know About

Posted on by Zachdev
child using phone alone in her room
02
Jan

Is there such a thing as a dating app that doesn’t spell danger for teens? Frankly, we don’t know of any – but here’s a roundup of some of the worst of the worst. If you find your child is using one of them – don’t panic and try not to judge. You want to […]

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Child Development, Communication, Cyber Wellness, Education, Parenting, Social Media, Tech Parenting, Telecommunication

Encourage Cyber Wellness

Posted on by Zachdev
engrossed in gaming
30
Nov

Every family struggles with screen time. You’re not alone in telling your kids to put down their phones, issuing reminders about dwindling minutes when gaming, and feeling frustrated when requests to get off the computer fall on deaf ears. Some of us have tried to limit minutes using devices that shut off internet access only […]

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Addiction, Child Development, Communication, Cyber Wellness, Education, Health and Safety, Parenting, Social Media, Tech Parenting, Telecommunication

Your Child’s Tech Fatigue

Posted on by Zachdev
girl sleeping while studying
09
Oct

This spring Zoom was fun when it was novel and then after a while, Zoom fatigue set in! Staring at a screen is exhausting for adults and kids alike! There’s a lot of mental energy to required to learn through Zoom which is different from face to face learning and then there’s overall tech fatigue. […]

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Child Development, Communication, Cyber Wellness, Parenting, Social Media, Tech Parenting

Your Child’s Social Media Exposure

Posted on by Zachdev
kids gathering around tablet
01
Jan

Social media is a growing part of the everyday lives of most teens and tweens. I’m sure you’ve experienced a time or two when you couldn’t get your kids attention because of the conversation they were having with others on social media. For the typical teen, social media has become a time-sucking rabbit hole that […]

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Addiction, Child Development, Communication, Cyber Wellness, Education, Friendship and Relationship, Parenting, Social Media, Tech Parenting, Technology

Setting Tech Boundaries

Posted on by Zachdev
helicopter-parents-with-kid
03
Jul

We all know what the idle mind of a twelve-year-old can become. When I was a pre-teen (without cable television), there was little time for idling in the summer. There were too many forts to be built, ballgames to be organized, and bike rides to the library for my mind to stop before it hit […]

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Communication, Cyber Wellness, Friendship and Relationship, Humanity, Kindness

Post Conversation Reflection

Posted on by Zachdev
03
Jul

It is good to reflect on each of the conversations that happened. CURIOSITY? ☐ Yes ☐ Somewhat ☐ No AN OPEN MIND? ☐ Yes ☐ Somewhat ☐ No RESPECT? ☐ Yes ☐ Somewhat ☐ No EMPATHY? ☐ Yes ☐ Somewhat ☐ No _________________________________ Did you react and respond with : LOTS OF QUESTIONS? ☐ Yes […]

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Child Development, Communication, Cyber Wellness, Cybersercurity, Education, Friendship and Relationship, Health and Safety, Parenting, Social Dynamics, Social Media, Tech Parenting, Technology, Telecommunication

Digital Well-Being Guidelines

Posted on by Zachdev
girls-watching-video-through-a-laptop
03
Jul

In this unprecedented time, technology has become part of our social fabric in a deeper, more intimate way than ever before. For many of us, technology has been a social lifeline. Unfortunately, our increased reliance on technology doesn’t diminish the challenges and dangers it poses. QUESTIONS TO ASK OURSELVES: What thought, feeling, or impulse led […]

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