If you find yourself logging onto social media apps very often - after waking up, going to work, and before going to sleep - then you might be in big trouble. The reason for this is because spending too much time online can sabotage your health, especially your sleep quality and … [Read more...] about Why Too Much Time Online Damages Your Sleep and Ways You Can Battle It
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Parental Control: Identifying and Dealing with the Signs of Danger
There are primarily two purposes of parental control software; prevention and detection. The prevention part is pretty easy to understand, as it simply involves blocking access to inappropriate websites, keywords, images, etc. The detection part, however, can be somewhat … [Read more...] about Parental Control: Identifying and Dealing with the Signs of Danger
Get Kids (Learning) Playing
Many parents look forward to children’s vacations from school but each summer also brings dread. What do you do when the kids finally utter the first ‘I’m bored’? Boredom can be so pervasive for kids during summer that they could almost taste it – and if they did, it would be … [Read more...] about Get Kids (Learning) Playing
Teen Internet Addiction Infographic
How much time is too much time spent online? Many people wonder if internet addiction is a real addiction. This infographic walks you through the symptoms and signs to look for to know if your teen is addicted to the internet. Source: Liahona Academy. … [Read more...] about Teen Internet Addiction Infographic
How to be an NSA-style Parent: Watch your Kids’ Online Activities
While there’s been endless debate over how the NSA spies secretly on Americans, at the same time many – specifically parents – have taken to spying, NSA-style. It’s no secret that kids these days are Internet-surfing nuts: they spend the majority of their time in social … [Read more...] about How to be an NSA-style Parent: Watch your Kids’ Online Activities
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to