06 Aug PROPOSED SOUTH AFRICAN LAW TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM PORNOGRAPHY
A recent blog on new proposed South African legislation to protect children from exposure to pornogrpahy...
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02 Aug MINI-BLOG: UNITED STATES MEDIA HUB DESERET NEWS REFLECTS ON LACK OF REGULATION OF ACCESS TO ONLINE SERVICES BY MINORS
In a trend which we are seeing in more and more countries, the Utah based news hub Deseret News joins the growing conversation about the concern of ease-of-access to inappropriate online content for minors. In their article which you can read HERE they outline the inability of their existing US federal...
01 Aug MINI-BLOG: TOP AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL DUMPS DIGITAL DEVICES FOR OLD FASHIONED TEXTBOOKS
Reddam House's primary and junior high school in Sydney have decided to ditch their iPads in favour of traditional textbooks as students find the use of iPads to be more distracting than empowering. With the South African governments new initiative to get iPads into the hands of all primary and...
24 May CREATING YOUR Digital family alliance
Research shows that children’s usage of screens is directly related to parent’s usage.Modelling healthy screen use is a powerful way to impact your children's behaviour.Creating a ‘we are in this together’ family culture, means digital behaviour is not hidden but rather consciously and safely managed. Picture this: kids rush home from...
23 May Meat-free Mondays: How healthy is your family’s daily digital diet?
An unhealthy daily digital diet is hard to spot in our children if we as, parents, do not balance our own digital diet.Just like too much sun or sugar have health consequences, so too does a child’s digital consumption. There are not only negative effects on the brain and eyes,...
22 May PG what? Real age restrictions in a virtual world
Parents are always in the best position to manage their children's access to age-inappropriate content in the digital world – be it TV, movies, games, websites or Apps.Due to the high volume of Apps available for download, they are often given age restriction guidelines by the App developers themselves,...
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