Even in this digital parenting age, knowing the right time to get a phone for your teen is a challenge. Naturally, there is the worry about the responsibility and whether your child is ready for it. Then, of course, there’s the lurking worry that your teen will run up a massive phone bill—which she probably will! You end up sitting…
In today’s digital parenting era where even a TV can be turned into a parenting gadget. The truth is, not all technology is bad. We just have to find creative and safe ways to use it to strengthen family relationships. Using Technology Safely to Keep Families Together As charge cords and adaptors are cluttering and taking over our kitchen counters, many parents are beginning…
It happens to even the most savvy of web surfers. We type in something that seems totally innocuous or click on a link that looks like it would be safe in any other universe, and suddenly we’re inundated with pop up ads, sounds of a “questionable” nature start blaring out of our speakers and videos that we’re not sure we…
Following my post about cybersecurity and cyberbullying, I thought I’d share a few thoughts about my own journey in digital parenting as my son got acquainted with the computer. Yes, the Internet is a big bad wolf. And kids are way too savvy for their own good. That’s good – and becomes a problem only when that intelligence is not…
To a child Love is spelled TIME Vaishali is a 9 year old girl. Her parents are Sheela and Raj. Both are highflyers in corporate jobs. Vaishali was an unplanned child.When they got married, they had no plans of starting a family for at least five years. However, life had different plans. When Sheela discovered she was pregnant, she was…