… and sensible guidelines for using it. Short but good article here: Kid’s First Cell Phone: One Mom’s Hang Up. til next time … pk
“The Talk”: When Other People are Having It For You
August 12, 2010“The talk.” Dreaded by parents everywhere. Equally feared by children about eight years old and older in neighbourhoods across the land. It’s not the “It’s not you, it’s me” kind of talk made famous by George Costanza. It’s the other “the talk.” Earlier this week, I tuned in to watch the Teen Choice Awards on TV. [...]
Parenting? There's an App for that.
July 27, 2010I guess it had to happen sooner or later. You can now enhance your parenting experience–even accomplish your parenting task–with … wait for it … your iPhone. You can now purchase apps that help you track your kids whereabouts from the cradle to the mall and everywhere in between. What does this say about family [...]
How Technology is Impacting Our Kids' World
February 11, 2010[vodpod id=Video.2951198&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “FRONTLINE | Digital Nation Trailer | PBS“, posted with vodpod Ever wonder how dependent we’ve become on technology? Just yesterday, I realized that I was caught square in the eye of the techno-storm. There I was, my laptop hooked up to a big-screen LCD TV as I watched the above program online. While [...]
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Children and Body Image
February 8, 2010Children are dealing with unrealistic and unattainable standards for appearance and beauty. Here’s how they’re dealing with it and what you can do, as their parents, to help them.