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Here is a great Canadian website that features age specific tips and advice that parents or professionals can use to guide their supervision of young people online..... Cybertip.ca - Age Specific Tips. Seats are going fast at our inaugural "Kids in Cyberspace" seminar, Friday, March 16, 2012. We have all the leading experts in one [...]
In 2012, schools have to acknowledge the fact that their teachers have more face-to-face access to teenagers than their parents. This means that schools have a responsibility for so much more than just the academic performance of the students in their charge. Research by Professor Ian Schochet suggests that school attachment is vitally important, and could bear a [...]
Brad and Fiona were just your typical 17 year olds. Brad worked at the local service station and Fiona didn’t work at school. Brad was out to prove his manhood and Fiona was out to prove to her friends that she wasn’t frigid and she could bed a man as well as the best of [...]
In this video Dr Kathleen Clarke-Pearson comments on how media violence can increase the risk of aggressive behavior in children and adolescents. via AAP 2011: How Media Violence Impacts Children [Video].
As we come to realise how important good quality sleep is for both health and education, we find that many teens are compromising on sleep in order to stay connected to friends via their mobile phones! Pillow talk wearing phone-obsessed teens out | Herald Sun.
In 2007 "The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child" was published and has since sold more than 40,000 copies. The book includes an "Alternative Vaccine Schedule” advising parents on how to delay, withhold, separate, or space out vaccines. This article examines the reasons for the popularity of the book, deconstructs the logic and rationale behind its recommendations and [...]
40% of 2 to 4 year olds and 52% of 5 to 8 year olds using smartphones, video iPods, iPads A new study in the US by Common Sense Media Research has documented the use of digital media among young children. The startling results; toddlers today spend twice as much time in front [...]
20% of parents use a mobile devise to keep their child entertained* This year parents are under increasing pressure to buy their child an electronic device for Christmas. Even pre-schoolers are asking for the latest interactive media. Yet at $600 a pop, iPhones, iPads and iPods are not toys. So what dilemmas might [...]
Recent research has show that we are naturally born with very strong altruistic tendencies. These feelings can be nurtured in young children to help them develop their sense of empathy towards others and the world around them. Felix Warneken, a doctoral student in the department of developmental and comparative psychology at the Max [...]
As christmas approaches toymakers have ramped up advertising, and children are turning their attention to their wish list. Sexualised dolls such as Bratz and Barbies are very attractive to young girls but underneath the bright colours and glitter these dolls convey a more subtly damaging message to their owners. Psychologists are genuinely concerned about the potential [...]
