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Coles Withdraws Lads’ Mag Zoo Weekly from Sale after Staff Complaint and Online Campaign

A recent edition of Zoo Weekly, www.smh.com.au Ms Pintur said Zoo Weekly "teaches boys that girls like me and my friends exist purely for their sexual use. I couldn't understand why Coles and Woolworths, which pride themselves in their corporate responsibility, family values, and care for their local communities could profit from selling this harmful product. By discontinuing Zoo, Coles has finally done the [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-09-07T13:43:10+10:00September 4th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: Coles, food industry, sexual assult, Social Media, supermarkets, women, women stereotype, zoo weekly|2 Comments

Auburn Deputy Mayor Salim Mehajer and His Lidcombe Developments

The Mehajer development in John Street, Lidcombe. The Sydney Morning Herald Salim Mehajer, the western Sydney deputy mayor with the big wedding, is hoping to make more than $45 million extra profit by simply shifting walls around on one of his developments. - Damien Murphy Source: Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer and his [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-08-31T09:03:54+10:00August 31st, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: Auburn, Deputy Mayor, Lidcombe developments, money, Salim Mehajer, wedding|0 Comments

Lessons from The Child Predator Social Experiment

https://youtu.be/6jMhMVEjEQg In the video, YouTube star Coby Persin sets out to show how easy it is to pick up an underage girl using social media. He makes a fake profile on Facebook, pretending to be a 15-year-old boy. And then with the permission of parents, he friend requests three girls, ages 12, 13 and 14. [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-08-31T09:06:46+10:00August 24th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: Child Predator, facebook, girls, parenting, social experiment, Social Media, stranger danger, Teenagers|0 Comments

‘They Control Me’: A 13-year-old Boy Laments Video Games

William Lindesay is trying to stop his over-reliance on video games. When I come home completely exhausted from school, I just want to get away from it all. I go to my room and turn on my console. But when I turn it off, it doesn't take long for me to feel drawn back [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-08-16T20:19:13+10:00August 16th, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Technology|Tags: Boys, game addiction, Mental Health, school, Teenagers, video games|0 Comments

The Age of Screenagers, and Parents and Teens Who Are Saying No to Devices

© Bubbles Photolibrary / Alamy At Ravenswood School for Girls on Sydney's north shore on a recent Friday, the playgrounds were full of girls who were not texting or even updating their social media status. A large group of year 10 girls was shrieking with delight over a skipping game where at least [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-08-17T14:12:17+10:00August 16th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: devices, health, Parents, personal development, Screenagers, Social Media, technology, Teenagers|0 Comments

Scary Media: Does It Hurt?

Michael Phariss, michaelphariss.com There are many ways in which quite young children can be exposed to scary screen media. It’s quite common to see very young children at violent and scary M classified movies. It’s not unusual for commercial television stations to insert unexpected, frightening and violent trailers or program promotions into G or PG family TV programs. Middle primary-aged boys often [...]

By Shridevi|2015-08-10T15:24:03+10:00August 9th, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Technology|Tags: horror computer games, M classified movies, Media, Mental Health, scary media, violent games, young children|1 Comment

I’m 15 and There’s a Simple Reason I’m Not on Social Media

The physio digs her thumbs into the crook of my shoulder. "So when you're sitting on the computer at home on Twitter or Facebook, you can do these neck exercises." Like many adults, this physio has immediately made the presumption that because I'm a teenager, I obviously spend all of my time huddled in a [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-07-12T16:44:19+10:00July 12th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: facebook, Instagram, iPhone, screenager, SnapChat, Social Media, technology, teenage behaviour, Teenagers, twitter|0 Comments

Want to Help Stop Violence? Don’t ‘Like’ It Online

It's common for parents to wonder whether regular exposure to violent acts in the news can influence their children. That concern is why some parents shield their kids from continuous coverage of school shootings, and why advocacy groups issue regular reports about the damaging qualities of violence in the media. But research suggests parents should [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-07-12T14:18:39+10:00July 12th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: children, likes, online, parenting, school, Social Media, violence|0 Comments

Children Using Social Media, Mobiles to Report Sex Abuse

A growing number of children are using social media and mobile friendly websites to come forward with complaints of sexual abuse, the Royal Commission has been told. One of the country's largest sexual assault services told the commission's ongoing examination of child sex abuse on Wednesday that it was receiving a large number of reports [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-07-06T08:56:51+10:00July 6th, 2015|Categories: Cybersafety, Technology|Tags: child sex abuse, children, Family Violence, mobiles, sex offenders, sexual abuse, sexual assault, Social Media|0 Comments

Online Test Tells You If You’re Going to Die in Next 5 Years

The launch of a grim new test claiming to predict if a person in Britain is going to die by 2020 just made being in denial about bad lifestyle choices a lot more difficult. - Blathnaid Healy Source: Online test tells you if you're going to die in next 5 years

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-06-21T13:47:44+10:00June 21st, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Technology|Tags: age, death, England, health, lifestyle, Online Test|0 Comments