My daughter can’t stop doing TikTok moves. From breakfast until bedtime, she’s on the move. Little sequences from Renegade, Say So, and Number One Baby. We’ve renamed it ‘tic tok’ because I swear it looks like she’s got some strange physical tics. All the twitching and arm swinging and pelvic thrusting… shudder. When we finally …
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This is a really simple phone rule for kids, but it surprises me how many families don’t make it mandatory. Let me tell you, it’s non-negotiable at our place. If my kids ever break this rule, their phones get confiscated immediately. It’s super-simple: Turn off phone notifications. A study in the US by Deloitte found …
The world is reeling in the aftermath of the horrific shootings in Christchurch. The attack has also raised a number of side issues, including the ethics of broadcasting violent footage via live stream of the attack, which was later shared on other platforms. By Rachael Sharman, University of the Sunshine Coast As social media is …
I’d been expecting it, but it happened embarrassingly quickly. In fact, it was when my son hit Year 5 that I had to quietly mention I was no longer capable of helping him with his maths homework. He’d have to (gulp) wait until his dad came home. Year 5. The shame! It will therefore come …
In my quest to share helpful, useful resources, today I’ve found three excellent, science-backed and psychologist-recommended wellbeing apps for teens. There are a lot of mums and dads out there worried about their teenage kids. There are a lot of parents who are feeling out of their depth dealing with kids aged 13 and upwards. …
There are many aspects of life on social media that can make a teen feel down. A lot it isn’t systematic and ongoing, so it can’t be classified as ‘cyberbullying’. General ‘mean online behaviour’ is sadly rife across social media. While most teens report that social media makes them feel better, not worse, time on Snapchat, …