Boarding schools, with their structured environments and often stringent social media use policies, offer a much sought after solution to address these concerns and in doing so, provide a host of benefits for teenage development.
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Technology in the boarding house: Part 3
Technology has infiltrated our daily lives in such ways, many of us are almost unaware of it…until it starts to interfere with what we’re doing. The use and abuse of technology in schools across the globe has taken the headlines at times, as society works through how best to use mobile devices and the information…
Smart Thinking About Smart Phones And Your Child
We take a look at the debate around giving children their own phone/smart phone or tablet. Almost everyone these days has a mobile phone or some type of smart phone or tablet. And inevitably, more and more children are becoming the owners of these devices. In 2012, forecast sales of media tablets were expected to…
A License to Use Facebook
How do your children use Facebook? Have any of your children ever experienced cyber-bullying? What is your local school’s policy on social media use? Would you support or implement a licence system with your children to guide their Facebook usage? Do you believe that schools should play a role in monitoring your children’s use of…
How do we keep our kids safe in the world of social media?
With 20 million children actively using Facebook, how do we let our children keep up with technology while also protecting them from cyber bullying? A survey last year by Consumer Reports magazine found that more than one-third of Facebook’s child users were under 13, so were using it illegally. Even more shocking, more than 5…
Dangers of Facebook
With employers looking at Facebook and other social media as part of the reference checking process during recruitment these days, it’s important that parents educate children about the dangers of social media – not only the identity theft and cyber bullying issues, but also on the impacts of irresponsible comments. Recently, a US Congressman was…