By now, we all know that too much “Angry Birds” is bad for kids, but what if excessive screen time was illegal? In Taiwan, parents can be fined up to NT $50,000 (About 2,000 American dollars) for allowing their children to use electronic devices to the extent that causes them to become mentally or physically …
“Glued to their phones.” That’s how observers describe most teens, kids, and young adults these days. Even for older adults, disconnecting can require effort. These behavioral patterns can lead to difficulty with face-to-face interaction, dangerous driving habits, obesity, or simply missing out on real life. In our day, preventing a technology dependency requires parental guidance …
“I am using OpenDNS right now. It is free. Why should I switch to using the Clean Router?” We get this question pretty frequently. And don’t get us wrong – using OpenDNS is way better than leaving your network wide-open. However, there are a lot of benefits to using the Clean Router. Here are a …
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Teaching internet safety to children is undoubtedly important. But parents often find themselves at a loss for what and how to teach. U.S. News and World Report offers these six tips from the University of Michigan Health System. 1) Explain that not all websites are appropriate. Make sure children know which sites are acceptable …
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The pristine packaging. The sleek body. The untouched screen. The empty hard drive. Don’t you just love that new computer feeling? The look, the feel, the speed are all so refreshing after the clunker you have been using. The downside of a new computer, of course, is all the reinstallation. Microsoft Office, of course, is …
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Congratulations on your brand new iPad! The world is yours to conquer through a touch screen. What’s that? You have kids? Congratulations on them too! Kids and iPads can coexist quite nicely. Just follow these four easy steps to kidproof your new iPad and begin the fun for all. 1) Buy a good case Kids …
You had it all planned out– maybe even before you became a parent. Screen time would be carefully regulated. Definitely no screen time whatsoever before the age of two, and then only a five minutes, three times a week. Only educational games and video calls. And absolutely no Angry Birds or anything mindless. Of course, …
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There is so much information out there about pornography, and your teenager hears it all. Some of it is false, some of it is true, and some of it is somewhere in the middle. We know it is important to talk to our children about pornography, preferably long before they become teenager. But with …
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It has been a year and four months to the day. You took your family into the theater, and everything changed. One of your daughters always wears blue now. The other one always wears green. Neither of them will go anywhere without their hair in braids. You even caught them trying to stuff a carrot …
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