When her 14-year-old child asked for social media, Guardian advice columnist Annalisa Barbieri held firm. Thank goodness, says her daughter, now grown up
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eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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When her 14-year-old child asked for social media, Guardian advice columnist Annalisa Barbieri held firm. Thank goodness, says her daughter, now grown up
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A recent lawsuit argues that Snapchat causes harm to young people through its basic design.
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When Lucy grabbed the iPad from her 10 year-old son she saw explicit images arriving on Snapchat in real time.
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Social media platforms are increasingly offering mental health support tools to users. The jury is still out on whether it will do any good
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Keeping kids safe on Snapchat can be hard. In this post, Bark explores Discover, Snap Map, and other features that parents need to know about.
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Sydney Morning Herald: It's too easy to dismiss the "selfie" generation as attention-seeking and shallow. Images are the currency of communication for young people in the digital age.
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It's too easy to dismiss the "selfie" generation as attention-seeking and shallow. Images are the currency of communication for young people in the digital age.
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When Snapchat first launched its Snap Maps feature, it was derided by parents and privacy advocates as a way to stalk people, particularly vulnerable teens.
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Snap Map lets children share their exact location on a real-time map, raising safety concerns.
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You may have thought Snapchat was just an app for sending disappearing photos, but it's turning into a media juggernaut, featuring editorial posts from companies such as Buzzfeed and Sky News in its "
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Snapchat will now allow its users to save and reuse their old snaps.
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The ephemeral social media platform Snapchat is a hit with young people. And while it can lead to risky behaviour, it can also encourage creative experimentation and socialisation.
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Naked pictures being shared on an app where messages are designed to disappear in seconds are being saved and widely reposted online at an alarming rate. - New Zealand Herald
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Victoria has broadened legislation which has 'failed to keep up to date with changes in technology'.
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How parents can help kids navigate the popular social media messaging and photo app
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Snapchat is a video messaging application created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown when they were students at Stanford University (and then
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SnapChat is every smartphone-wielding teen's best friend. But recent revelations suggest that the "ephemeral" photo messages sent over the service are more permanent than many users suspect.
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Snapchat, the app that sends and then automatically deletes pictures, doesn't actually delete them.