Cyber Safety Tips

Tweens and Social Media Access – It’s Complex

Claire Orange | January 17, 2021 | Digital Life

As children head into the years sandwiched between childhood and adolescence – we call them the ‘tweens’ – there is often mounting pressure (and desire) to be online with friends. Whether chatting, gaming, making and sharing videos – there....

Tips to Cut Back Your Tween’s Screen Time | Cyber Safety

Claire Orange | January 30, 2021 | Digital Life

The scene is set... Screen-time has snuck up from a little bit, to a much-too-much sort of situation. Maybe it’s been over holidays or because of a particularly busy period in family life. The decision is made to pare back on screen-time and whil....

Girls and Cyberbullying | Cyber Safety Tips

Claire Orange | February 12, 2021 | Digital Life

You may be wondering why we’re having a gender-based discussion about cyber-bullying. Is it really all that different between the genders – and is this the same online as offline? Understanding how girls and boys use the online space in ....

Taking Back Control | Cyber Safety Tips

Claire Orange | February 21, 2021 | Digital Life

At every point along the parenting journey, there come times of recognising that a particular unwanted behaviour or attitude of a child has either settled in or started to unacceptably increase - and there's a feeling of it being a bit (or a lot) ou....

Boys and Cyberbullying | Cyber Safety Tips

Claire Orange | March 10, 2021 | Digital Life

Perhaps you read the last blog on cyberbullying and girls – so now, it’s time to take a look at boys in the online space. While cyberbullying happens to both girls and boys, there are some distinct trends that happen more within each gender grou....

Balancing Screen-Time in Family Life

Claire Orange | April 16, 2021 | Digital Life

There’s a saying, “The family that plays together, stays together” which is very true. As children grow up surrounded by screens and technology in a time of busy-busy and hurry-scurry, keeping up family rituals, connectedness and sharing is in....