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Today, we’re going to explore five ways social media is harming your teen’s body image, and more importantly, what you can do to help it.
Instagram is popular. In fact, there are over 1 billion active members in 2021. Now, while the average age-range of those users is 25-34, Instagram’s terms of use allow anyone over 13 to have an account. However in our view, just because it may be allowed, doesn’t mean that it is necessarily a good idea!
The internet is vast — with over 1 billion destinations on the World Wide Web. With that, it’s often hard to track what your children or teens are up to online. For all you know, they could be victims of cyberbullying. What’s worse, if they are, chances are they won’t tell you about it.
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Instagram is popular. In fact, there are over 1 billion active members in 2021. Now, while the average age-range of those users is 25-34, Instagram’s terms of use allow anyone over 13 to have an account. However in our view, just because it may be allowed, doesn’t mean that it is necessarily a good idea!
Launching in 2024, we are super excited to announce our Online Safety & Wellbeing Master Class. This video-based course will teach you everything you need to know for keeping your Family safe, online & on social media.
If you’re here, it’s no doubt because your child has found their way onto Snapchat — the popular iOS and Android app developed by Evan Spiegel and other founders back in 2009. Now, let us be the first to tell you: as a parent, whatever concerns you may have about Snapchat aren’t unwarranted. For, like with all social media types, be it Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, Snapchat can be a huge problem for young kids.
Last week we looked at 3 of the top risky texting and multi media messaging apps kids and teens use at the moment and why we strongly recommend avoiding them. This week, we want to give you some potential alternatives that are safer. When I say safer of course that doesn’t mean risk-free. Simply safer, with less risky features.
Keeping up with the social messaging apps used by today's teenagers can feel overwhelming.
A University of Michigan study found that most parents would agree monitoring what their child is doing online is one of the biggest modern parenting challenges.
Digital Wellbeing
Today, we’re going to explore five ways social media is harming your teen’s body image, and more importantly, what you can do to help it.
For every harmless or well-intentioned challenge, there are darker social media challenges, too. What’s more, with how prominent the internet is, it’s easy for your children or teens to get caught up in these challenges.
Instagram is popular. In fact, there are over 1 billion active members in 2021. Now, while the average age-range of those users is 25-34, Instagram’s terms of use allow anyone over 13 to have an account. However in our view, just because it may be allowed, doesn’t mean that it is necessarily a good idea!
The internet is vast — with over 1 billion destinations on the World Wide Web. With that, it’s often hard to track what your children or teens are up to online. For all you know, they could be victims of cyberbullying. What’s worse, if they are, chances are they won’t tell you about it.
Launching in 2024, we are super excited to announce our Online Safety & Wellbeing Master Class. This video-based course will teach you everything you need to know for keeping your Family safe, online & on social media.
Last week we looked at 3 of the top risky texting and multi media messaging apps kids and teens use at the moment and why we strongly recommend avoiding them. This week, we want to give you some potential alternatives that are safer. When I say safer of course that doesn’t mean risk-free. Simply safer, with less risky features.
Social Media
Today, we’re going to explore five ways social media is harming your teen’s body image, and more importantly, what you can do to help it.
For every harmless or well-intentioned challenge, there are darker social media challenges, too. What’s more, with how prominent the internet is, it’s easy for your children or teens to get caught up in these challenges.
Instagram is popular. In fact, there are over 1 billion active members in 2021. Now, while the average age-range of those users is 25-34, Instagram’s terms of use allow anyone over 13 to have an account. However in our view, just because it may be allowed, doesn’t mean that it is necessarily a good idea!
Launching in 2024, we are super excited to announce our Online Safety & Wellbeing Master Class. This video-based course will teach you everything you need to know for keeping your Family safe, online & on social media.
If you’re here, it’s no doubt because your child has found their way onto Snapchat — the popular iOS and Android app developed by Evan Spiegel and other founders back in 2009. Now, let us be the first to tell you: as a parent, whatever concerns you may have about Snapchat aren’t unwarranted. For, like with all social media types, be it Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, Snapchat can be a huge problem for young kids.