Facebook is Not a Safe Playground for Children
Children as young as 8 years old are seeing psychologists. Their parents say they are suffering anxiety as a result of being on Facebook; anxious about what friends are posting about them. I say...
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Laptop Shooting - Shaming, Naming and Parenting
...And this week a laptop shooting dad decided to use YouTube and Facebook to punish and humiliate his ungrateful 15 year old daughter for her disrespectful comments about him and his wife, and about...
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Teens on Facebook - Where Does Supervision Stop and Privacy Start?
‘Shutting the gate after the horse has bolted’ parenting - I don’t know about you, but I’m often guilty of it. I’d been meaning to put an Internet filter on my 11 year old son, Joe’s computer for ages....
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Useful Legal Information for Children and Teens Online
Lawstuff Australia, in partnership with the Children's Legal Services of Legal Aid NSW, have developed a series of fact sheets to provide children with information on what types of activities are...
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Teens–Accept the Dad Friend Request and Improve Your Relationship
We know that traditional media can be an integral part of family life – watching television together, sharing the paper on a Sunday, having the radio on in the background – but less is known about...
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Social Media for Under-Age Children Can Lead to Unnecessary Social Harm
There's a video doing the rounds on Facebook – an educational video teaching children how to protect their personal information online. While I do think parents and kids should watch it, as a cyber...
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Not Sure About Your Child Using Social Media? This Mum is Okay With It.
One of the favourite memories from my teenage years was coming home at 16 years old to find that my mother had arranged to have my very own phone line installed INTO MY BEDROOM. I can picture my room...
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Forum on Effects of Social Media and I.T. Addiction on Mental Health
Wolper Jewish Hospital together with Friends of Wolper are proud to present a Q&A: Investigating the Effects of Social Media and IT Addiction on Mental Health. Join a panel of experts at this free...
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How Schools are Using Social Media
An inforgraphic showing how schools are using social media in a positive way . How teachers are using the social media trends to engage students and connect teachers, parents and students. An...
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Parents Asked to Limit TV and Have a Media Plan
The newly released policy from the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) Council on Communications and Media urges parents, schools, doctors and advertisers to recognise media effects on children –...
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