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What Should Parents Do When Children Demand Social Media Privacy?
Parents need to ensure that we do not turn engagement on social media into a policing exercise.
Digital parenting
Study Says Screen Time May Not Directly Harm Kids. But Can We Stop Worrying Altogether?
With children using screens so much at an early age, establishing a causal link between screen time and health outcomes has become more important than ever.
Indian Mothers Use Smartphones For Parenting Tips: Survey
A recent survey by YouGov, an Internet-based market research and data analytics firm claims that 70% of Indian mothers have used smartphones to raise their children. It has also found that eight out of 10 mothers feel that technology has made parenting easier than before, TOI reported. While the survey took responses of 700 mothers […]
The Menace Of Momo Challenge: Only Vigilance Can Keep Children Safe
The Momo Challenge, is now hacking into children’s programmes on video sharing platform YouTube, reports NDTV. As if being a millennial parent amidst growing access to the internet and social media wasn’t tough enough, now one has to worry about exposure of one’s child to a creepy girl, who goads the viewer to self harm […]
Our Inability To Control Kids’ Screen Time Might Cause Anxiety In Them
Moderating our kids’ screen time is a modern-day parenting struggle. One intends to turn their heads away from facing any sort of digital screen, yet, all we manage to do is to deflect the gaze to another digital screen at hand’s length. You switch off the television, they will glue their face to a laptop […]
Online Gaming Addiction And The Helplessness Of Modern Day Parents
How helpless must parents feel in front of the online gaming craze, if they are breaking iPads out of sheer frustration? British TV presenter Kristie Allsopp has confessed of smashing her kids’ iPads against the table, when they broke the rules on how long they should play violent games. “There is a game called Fortnite and […]
Why Digital Parents Need to Monitor Smartphone Usage in Children
It’s not an easy debate when to give technology like Smartphones in the hands of the children and when it becomes an addiction. How long can a parent shield a child from it? This has been a gigantic struggle for the digital age parents with preteens and teenagers. Using and owning a smart phone are […]
Digital Parenting: Good Or Bad?
Parenting websites and communities are booming as more and more newbie parents flock to them looking for advice on how to raise their kids just right. So is technology taking away from basic interactions between parent and child? We asked a few moms, teachers and professionals to share their views.
