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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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For kids who can’t socialize in person, these creative ideas might help.
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Encouraging good social skill development benefits your young child throughout their life.
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Internet Usage and Educational Outcomes Among 15-Year-Old Australian Students ALBERTO POSSO1 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
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The question is: Is generation Z going to be known for mind-numbing lost in digital screens, or for fantastic creations based on digital technology? Also, can extreme Cartesian Reductionism as represented in on-off switchs of computer code taken to the extreme still allow seeing the whole picture as represented by Jung's "The Wholel Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts." -Lon
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By Tama Leaver in Mobile Media and Casual Games. The hugely successful franchise Angry Birds by Finnish company Rovio is synonymous with the new and growing market of app-based games played on smartphones and tablets. These are often referred to as
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I tried to write a single piece on raising digital kids at home -- but childhood is just too epic a journey for a single piece. Still, the overall strategy for technology in the home is the same from
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IT'S the social club for children who can sometimes be a bit anti-social.
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We launched Telstra Safe Social™ earlier this week. The best thing about the tool is that it can help make it easy for parents to start a conversation with their kids about who they are chatting with online and stay aware of potentially risky situations.
This step-by-step guide takes you through how to sign up and use Telstra Safe Social™ service.
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There are things in life I don't understand. The rules of rugby. The continuing success of David Guetta. How to do an overhead kick on Fifa 12.
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The handwringing over the tragic death of 18-year-old Thomas Kelly has so far produced the usual buckpassing and calls for more of almost everything, including police, CCTVs, transport and punishment.
But strategies that try to contain alcohol-related violence without attacking its root causes are likely to reduce street offences but not assaults or drink-driving deaths and injuries. We know this now because we have just tested them in rural communities in NSW, where the same alcohol-related violence and needless deaths occur.
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This infographic examines whether social media users actually share more than is necessary -- or safe -- online.
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Facebook, like all media technologies, not only reveals things about our humanity – such as our insatiable love for stories and Instagram – but it also trains us in ways of relating.
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When did you last have a good old yarn with the man who made you? More importantly, when did you last tell him that you love him? Have you ever summoned up the courage to tell him that?
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Stalkers casting an evil net for children...
Social networking has a dark side for a younger audience.
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My 9-year-old son has a Facebook account I set up for him last year while reporting a TIME magazine story about the social-media giant considering allowing kids and tweens on the site.
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Peer pressure can be a powerful force, and sometimes a positive one. For example, hanging out with active peers may lead kids to exercise more, making a child's social network a potential vehicle for promoting healthy habits and reducing obesity.
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We researched kid-friendly sites and then talked to kids to get a feel for the fun factor to collect four kid-approved sites.