Download our smartphone agreement and tips here. There's something we so often miss when we decide to tackle the online issue with our kids. We listen to the media or...
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Its time for parents & schools to pay attention to the extent of cyberbullying, and get a handle on what they can do to avoid and deal with it. South...
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Teens and tweens require a framework of how to be intelligent, sensitive, and resilient digital citizens ...
Read MoreOn World Mental Health Day (10 October), supported by the World Health Organisation, The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) notes that nine percent of all teenage deaths in...
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Reading and writing used to be enough on World Literacy Day, but now being able to filter what we read is an essential part of our children's development. It’s World Literacy...
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Has the smartphone and social media changed the dynamic of respect between parents and teens? Thursday, 1st August, is International Respect for Parents Day, created in 1994 to encourage...
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World Emoji (@WorldEmojiDay and #WorldEmojiDay) is upon us! 17 July is the day (chosen because that’s the date reflected on the calendar emoji) to celebrate the clever cartoons we – and our children...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasized a dual point when he recently addressed South Africa’s first Digital Economy Summit (DES) via hologram recently: one President can speak ‘live’ to multiple audiences simultaneously...
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Consider this. What happens at the complex intersection where hormonal changes that occur during adolescence meet a device that offers escape, entertainment, humour, community, and transports you on a bullet...
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[caption id="attachment_1986" align="alignright" width="300"] There's more to social media and smartphones than meets the eye. We just don't know about it. But for our kids' sake, we need to.[/caption] There's a...
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