South African law makers have been quietly working away behind the scenes and two recent pieces of legislation have come into effect, with potential to be used as tools for keeping kids in particular, safer and saner online. Cybercrimes The Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020...
The online world has brought a whole new complexity to our parenting role. We must already make sure that our children eat veggies, sleep for 10 hours, play outside, wear sunscreen, learn intellectual, emotional and physical skills, and generally grow up to be fully...
To parents trying to keep up in this tech age, it feels like there is a new social media app on the scene every month. Teens (and more and more, tweens too) love, want and will tell you they NEED social media! Figuring out when to cave to your child’s pleas for a...
Online harassment, or cyberbullying, can happen to anyone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Cyberbullying can take many forms, from hurtful and inappropriate messages or pictures on social media or other online platforms, to rumours, intimidation, impersonation, or even...
Autoplay or autoplayed? Ask almost anyone and they will tell you that, for the most part, they make their own choices. In fact, our ability to make decisions about our own lives, is a foundation of what it means to be free. We take pride that each day we make choices...
The Social Dilemma : How do we help our kids break out of The Matrix while we are in it? I watched ‘The Social Dilemma’ on Netflix over the weekend, and after my own TEDx talk on hyper-stimulating digital media from over 2 years ago, I feel like I finally...
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