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Top Digital Parenting Posts of 2014
As we pack up the Christmas tree and pop the champas on another rendition of “Auld Lang Syne”, it’s time to reflect on the year
December 29, 2014 4 Comments
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Contracts / Tips
20 Tips for your tech gifts this Christmas: keep the kids and the devices safe
This Christmas there will no doubt be plenty of Santa sacks with all manner of tech gadgets and devices. If your child is one of
December 18, 2014 3 Comments
Building Resilience
Building children’s self esteem away from the screens
How do we build our child’s self esteem away from the screens? Away from the likes and followers and shares that have become the social
December 11, 2014 7 Comments
Apps & Reviews
Your Digital Files: How safe are they?
This post is brought to you by Your Digital File, however all views are my own. Living in a digital world, where our lives are
December 7, 2014 2 Comments
Understanding their world
Kids can still play…. we just have to let them
Kids don’t know how to play outside anymore. They don’t know how to use their imaginations. Kids are overweight because they no longer run. Just
December 2, 2014 18 Comments
Parenting
Talking to kids to get more than a one word response
After some years of kids hopping in the car or walking in the door after school, I have become more adept at working out how
November 24, 2014 17 Comments
Apps
Storytelling Apps from Preschool to Primary school
Getting kids to tell stories is not only great for their language, literacy and speaking skills, but can also be a great way for them
November 17, 2014 8 Comments
BYOD
5 Digital parenting beliefs you can kiss goodbye
With so much information going around about what is and isn’t appropriate for our kids to be doing online, it is little wonder parents are
November 10, 2014 13 Comments
Kids & Online Gaming: A Parents guide to getting it right
Many kids are now playing games online with friends and I often have parents raise concerns over time spent online, inappropriate behaviours and bullying, that
November 4, 2014 4 Comments
Digital Footprint
Teaching kids to be private in a public world: Is it possible?
“A child born today will grow up with no perception of privacy at all……they’ll never know what its like to have a private moment to
October 29, 2014 1 Comment
Digital Trends
The Modern Parents Guide to Instagram
In this parents guide to Instagram, I will give you the facts as well as the conclusions of my experience working with and observing young
October 23, 2014 3 Comments
Apps & Reviews
Christmas traditions & a Santa’s Magical Kingdom Giveaway
I have written before about the importance of creating rituals and traditions for our families, for the immediate benefits as well as long term security
October 21, 2014 17 Comments
Grief
A Heartfelt week: today my little girl would have been 7
Today my little girl would have been 7…… I would give anything for her to be celebrating with us today. I would give anything to
October 16, 2014 19 Comments
Apps & Reviews
Working smarter with Dragon Dictate and a giveaway
This is a sponsored post for Dragon and Digital Parents Collective I remember as a child I would watch my mum as she would
October 13, 2014 12 Comments
Digital Footprint
Cyber Safety and Parenting: Are we getting it right?
Do you think parents have a good understanding of what their kids are doing online? Is ‘cyber safety’ something parents are really thinking about? Are
October 9, 2014 5 Comments
Apps
Science Apps for Kids: The Human Body, Dinopedia and Planets
This weeks apps look at some great science apps for kids of all ages. Probably best suited to the primary school child, but suitable for
October 7, 2014 6 Comments
Apps & Reviews
My 48 hours with the Alcohol Interlock Device: never again
This is a sponsored post for the TAC, however all views are absolutely my own. As the slogan goes, “If you drink then drive, you’re
October 2, 2014 12 Comments
Behaviour
10 Assumptions parents can make about kids behaviour
When I started this parenting journey over 14 years ago I probably could have made a few assumptions about parenting, how I was going to
September 30, 2014 14 Comments
Apps
Apps for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Tozzle, Alpha Tots & Tiny Robot Maker
There are so many apps out there that sometimes it becomes difficult to wade through the thousands to find the good ones. Most of us
September 25, 2014 1 Comment
Behaviour
Using teachable moments to keep kids safe online
Using teachable moments is one of the most effective strategies I have used to help keep kids safe and responsible online and help get them
September 21, 2014 7 Comments
Behaviour
3 ways I stopped yelling
3 ways I stopped yelling? I just put a question mark to this title because truth be known I am not saying I have completely
September 15, 2014 17 Comments
BYOD
What age should kids be allowed on social networking sites?
So what age should our kids be allowed on social networking sites? This past week, and indeed for many years for those of us working
September 7, 2014 6 Comments
Reviews
The future of technology, our changing lifestyle & a McAfee giveaway
I remember marvelling as a kid at the rumours that it was a possibility that one day we could be talking to each other on
September 4, 2014 13 Comments
Understanding their world
Where two worlds collide: Problogger Training Event & the modern parent
I’m home from an amazing conference on the Gold Coast where 500 bloggers, including a bevy of local and international speakers, motivated, strategised and shared
August 31, 2014 21 Comments
Selfies & Sexting
What do new sexting laws mean for parents?
It is no surprise that our kids are increasingly socialising and interacting online and via social networking platforms. It also should come as no surprise
August 25, 2014 No Comments
Building Resilience
Rituals to make our kids more Resilient
To safely interact online it is becoming increasingly evident that our kids are going to require more resilience than ever before. Whilst we like focus
August 19, 2014 13 Comments
Apps & Reviews
Learnmeter to monitor your kids time online
This is a sponsored post for Learnmeter by Next parent, however all views are my own. We know that playing and working online is now
August 14, 2014 3 Comments
Settings
What apps are safe for my child?
What apps are safe for my child? My kids friends are all playing on such and such, should I let my child? I’ve heard bad
August 11, 2014 13 Comments
Bullying
How this family overcame bullying
Today I am thrilled to have an interview on the blog with Loretta from Blogitmum about how her family overcame the relentless bullying of her
August 5, 2014 4 Comments
Cyberbullying
Is Our Natural Parenting Making Our Kids Bully?
Could the natural reaction of parents to their child’s behaviour be making them the bully? Or at the very least preventing them from developing empathy,
August 1, 2014 1 Comment
Modern Parenting
Understanding Trolling
“Don’t feed the trolls”. We often hear this statement bandied around with reference to insidious online power plays that usually involve aggressive, repeated taunts by
July 29, 2014 No Comments
Technology and Parenting
Vamping: Our Obsession With Technology Extending Well Into The Night
What is vamping you ask? Well it could be referring to ‘the repeated use of a phrase throughout an entire song’, or ‘To patch up
July 22, 2014 5 Comments
Apps & Reviews
The Printer and I: Making Friends with the Epson PrecisionCore
This is a sponsored post from Nuffnang and Epson, however all views are totally mine. What is one of the most frustrating pieces of technology
July 17, 2014 No Comments
Online Behaviour
Parenting in a Digital World: Same But Much Different
“The internet mirrors, magnifies and makes more visible, the good, the bad and the ugly of everyday life” I love this quote from Danah
July 15, 2014 6 Comments
Apps & Reviews
Win a photo book and get those photos on display
This post is in collaboration with Photobox, however all opinions are my own….. What do you do with all those photos you take? Now I
July 7, 2014 28 Comments
Contracts / Tips
Netiquette: a parents guide to teaching good manners online
Netiquette refers to the new order of manners and etiquette required to be good, courteous and responsible digital citizens. The greatest lessons we can ever
June 30, 2014 12 Comments
BYOD
Technology, Talking & taking the blame: are the devices affecting our kids speech?
As we battle to figure out how all this uptake of technology and devices is going to affect the state of society, and more importantly,
June 22, 2014 5 Comments
Digital Trends
The Modern Parents Guide to Snapchat
I often get asked for advice on particular apps and social networks that kids are using and their appropriateness for kids of different ages.Today I
June 15, 2014 6 Comments
Cyberbullying
Why laws won’t stop cyberbullying
Recently there have been more rumblings about the need to have updated laws and laws that are more readily used when it comes
June 8, 2014 9 Comments
Apps & Reviews
“What’s Your Story” contest to get kids creative online for Stay Safe Online Week
This post is sponsored by Trend Micro to promote the “What’s Your Story?” contest, encouraging kids to get creative online as part of Stay
June 1, 2014 3 Comments