by Kate Farina | Apr 14, 2020 | Social Media
WhatsApp views to curb FAKE NEWS Keeping people socially connected during this unprecedented time of physical separation, this social media platform is also being relied upon by the World Health Organisation and governments around the world, as a critical and vital...
by Kate Farina | Apr 9, 2020 | Social Media
With so much in the media about emotional intelligence, as parents we can be left wondering whether we have done enough to develop our own children’s emotional intelligence. At Be in Touch, we like Daniel Siegel’s simple description of emotional...
by Kate Farina | Mar 26, 2020 | Filters & Limits, Gaming, Pornography & Violence, Screen Time, Social Media, Stranger Danger
We find ourselves in extraordinary and testing times. However, as with all challenges, there are opportunities to come out of this stronger and wiser. Anticipating the greater amount of time that all of us will be spending at home in the foreseeable future –...
by Kate Farina | Jan 20, 2020 | Cyberbullying, Filters & Limits, Pornography & Violence, Screen Time, Social Media, Stranger Danger
Smartphones and teen mental health – 5 tips for parents A recently released report by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the death rate among teenagers and young adults (ages 10 to 24) due to suicide, has significantly increased in the...
by Kate Farina | May 22, 2019 | Filters & Limits, Gaming, Pornography & Violence, Social Media
PG what? Real age restrictions in a digital 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...
by Kate Farina | May 20, 2019 | Social Media
Fast food: How the digital world fills social appetites As toddlers develop into children and then into adolescents, they have an innate need to understand and find their place in the groups they are a part of. Social media offers an easy-way-out for children to fill...
