Would You Track Your Kids on an App?
News of Zenly, an app that only works when you allow it to track you all the time, brings up some uncomfortable parental conversations.
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How Smart Does a Kids’ Watch Need To Be?: Let’s Look at the Tech on Their Wrist
I mostly want to introduce them to the responsibility of such a device in their lives. Even my six-year-old asks for a smartphone of his own, without understanding that if he doesn’t charge it, it won’t be charged.
Advice for Parents in the Digital Age
We spent all of November doling out advice for parents in the digital age – now you can choose the advice to read a’la carte!
Tech Rules: The Ins and Outs of Handing Tech to Small Children
Be an unplugged household, be a plugged-in household, live in a yurt, and run your electronics off of kinetic energy you create from the stationary bicycle in your backyard! Heeeeeeeelp! Someone stop the madness!!!
Don’t Forget to Follow and Subscribe…: Are Beijing Teenagers Too Plugged In?
I sometimes catch myself mindlessly scrolling through my Instagram explore page before I realize an hour has passed by. And I’m not alone. Beijing’s teens are all plugged into social media, but are we too plugged in?
This Beijing Teen Stays Safe and Stays Real On Instagram
I always knew that a picture could tell a thousand words but in all honestly that is not always the case. Pictures in my opinion are the biggest liars.
A Ticking Tech Time Bomb?: Screen Time & Your Child’s Mental Development
Even though kids in Beijing are back on campus, there are many more that are still caught in the distance learning loop, unable to unglue their eyes from their devices. And this techno-vortex has not only sucked kids into it, but has dragged parents in right along with them, as now parental feedback, and even parent-teacher conferences are performed online.
How This Beijing Teen Keeps Herself Safe Online
I post photos of my life and pictures that I take on my camera along the way. I also post updates of my soccer career. I am working to become a college athlete and social media is a great way to attract opportunities in sports.
Education 2.0: Teachers vs. the Internet
Remember those days when you’d sit around with your friends and debating for hours the…