As school holidays are upon us, those who have Netflix will no doubt notice that the kids are using it more than normal….and whilst a little TV time/Christmas movie viewing is a welcome respite at times, Netflix does have content that is more appropriate for adults than for teens and...

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Knowing and staying on top of what your child is doing online can feel scary. Let’s be honest at times it can feel impossible. Disappearing messages are normal for our kids but for many of us it can be a little spooky and difficult to get your head around. Personally, I find there’s nothing...

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Is your kid one of those kids who can get around the tech rules you have in place? "Hack the system" so to speak? With the recent release of the iOS12 update many parents thought they could finally have a little more control on screen time by locking it down on the device. Yes you can, and its...

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Kids love a challenge…and if it's a bit risky, well then, it’s even more attractive. It’s part of being a teenager to look for new experiences and to challenge yourself against your peers. We’ve done it, it’s just when we were doing it there was no one taking videos to upload to Youtube. Do...

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This month (Aug 2018) Musical.ly was officially integrated into the immensely popular Chinese app Tik Tok, after being bought by them at the end of last year. In what felt like an overnight change it was announced that Musical.ly was no more and that the next time the app updated it would...

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Are your kids always online? Are you keen to get them outside these holidays but without it turning into a drama? Our darling digital kids don't like to be offline so how do we get our digital natives outside? Well there’s the old school way of turfing them outside, locking the door and saying...

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Not all social media apps are bad – in fact many are very useful, functional, education and just good old fun! Technology is a massive influencer in all our lives now, and our digital native kids are living this first hand in a way we sometime can’t really appreciate. Our job as the...

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Roblox is a huge online platform (with 12 million monthly active users and rising) where players can create and interact in what its makers describe as "immersive 3D worlds." And it’s free…..sort of. Players create an avatar for themselves and are given a small amount of digital money to rent a...

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UPDATE: After just 1 week the show was cancelled after an avalanche of complaints and child advocates who took to social media to voice their concerns. On Friday Cosmopolitan Magazine launched its new Snapchat channel Cosmo After Dark. It's an X-rated weekly edition that goes live every...

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YouTube Kids introduces more options for Parents. YouTube is one of the most used social media platforms by children, but you already know that 😊. For many of our kids, YouTube has replaced TV as their “go to place” to be entertained. However, one of the struggles with YouTube is that there is a...

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