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How tricky teens hide online and what you can do about it
A study last year revealed that nearly 50% of parents believe that they know what their teens are doing online, while 70 percent of teens revealed they have ways to avoid parental monitoring! Teens...
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Mum’s Oldfashioned Rules for Newfashioned Media
If our tweens and teens abided by some of the simplest, time honoured rules it might help to keep their social media world a nicer place and the social media user safer. Seriously though, below are...
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Students Suspended for Cyberbullying
PARENTS are being warned about the dangers of social media after students from one of Adelaide’s most reputable public schools were suspended for cyber bullying. Unley High School principal Susan...
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Parents Underestimate Risk of Cyber-bullying for Teens
Nearly 80 per cent of Australian children under 10 years of age use social networks. Among older teenagers – those 16 and 17 – parents underestimate bullying and risky online behaviour. But the most...
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A 12 year old’s view of Kik. Share with your Tween!
A 12 year old, left a comment on this website. I have printed it below, ‘warts and all’. It’s a conversation starter! Kik once contacted my mom because I am apparently “underaged” for the...
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Chloe’s Law….Teen in Tassie takes her own life
Chloe was 15. Full of the vitality of life, with a beautiful family, including a gorgeous big sister. She was inundated via social media with nasty, petty, spiteful messages from teens who should...
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14 year old NSW girl lured to Victoria by 17 year old boy via Kik
What is Kik Messenger?? Is it safe? Do you know if you child is using it? Most parents don’t! Last week, a 14 year old, Year 8 girl, went missing from her home with a 17 year old boy she met through...
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Oh dear, Now the Mums fight it out on FB!!
The war of words continued yesterday moving from the daughters to the mothers. After one Mum posted an Instagram message to her daughter from another 12 year old on her FB page, the other Mum took to...
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Top 5 Teen Apps 2014 Series: Instagram – how to keep them safe.
What is Instagram? Top 2 App as promised and more to follow. Snap Chat was Number 1. Instagram is like a public, mobile photo album. You can post your own pics, copy pics from the internet, share...
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Mother and daughter – Lessons learnt the hard way!
In an attempt to show her daughter how quickly a picture can spread over the internet, one mum’s “lesson” quickly backfired. Kira Hudson posted a picture of her daughter, Amia, on Facebook holding a...
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Cyber Bullying: App Allows Parents To See What Their Child is Posting on...
This is a new App that allows parents to see what they child is posting, and liking on social media. It is especially appropriate for parents when their children first begin using social media to...
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