Parenting in a Digital Era
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Mar 28, 2016 ; Summary by
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Mother's Niche Blog)
Parenting in a digital era has its challenges. As a working mother who is driven and often distracted by the constant connection to work and social platforms I have caught myself tuning into the screen rather than my children's faces. There have been times even when my kids were demanding my attention, and I found myself unable to disconnect from the technology in my hands. Distracted parenting has caused some real strife in my relationships with my children.
When my children were young it was easier to set up "dates" and to go out and connect with them. While reading this blog post, it reaffirmed my need to put down the device. While technology can add a lot of enjoyment, convenience and education it can never replace what we as humans need, to know we are loved and feel a connection with those around us.
I hope you enjoy this authors post and make time to enjoy your children.
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New Search Engine for Kids
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Feb 28, 2016 ; Summary by
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Mirror World News (UK))
There is a new search engine out for kids. It is called Kiddle and uses human editors and is filtered by google safe search. The new tool appears to have caused some confusion and concerns among users that Google is associated with its company. This impression may be in conjunction with a number of news outlets have reported the search engine site is an official Google spin-off looking to cater to young internet users.
The new site will likely allow parents to feel some peace of mind when it comes to kids and the Internet, giving kids unlimited access to the wealth of knowledge at their fingertips without the nasty stuff. However, caution should be used as there have been multiple reports of unsavory content by parents over Twitter. One positive feature is that the site does not collect any personal information and the logs are deleted every twenty-four hours.
In order for this to be an effective tool parents will need to make Kiddle their default browser on their internet browsers on all computers, smartphones or tablets that a child has access. Caution should be used when deciding to rely on this as your internet babysitter there is never a better supervision than the watchful eye of a concerned parent.
Check out Kiddle.co and let us know what you think!