July 2016 | MediaSmarts

A Parent's Guide to Pokémon Go
Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 14 Jul 2016.

Over the last week our world has been invaded: cute cartoon creatures can now be found lurking in parks, restaurants, museums, and even people’s houses. If you haven’t seen them, it’s because they’re only visible on a smartphone screen, and only if you’re playing the new game “Pokémon Go”.

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Cell Phones and Texting, Digital Health, Excessive Internet Use, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Video Games
Parenting Princesses
Submitted by Andrea Tomkins on 11 Jul 2016.

If you haven’t seen the story of the Hot Dog Princess that has been making the rounds of the Internet, I suggest you read this Buzzfeed article. To summarize: it was “Princess Week” at five-year-old Ainsley’s dance class and she decided to wear a hot dog costume. As a parent, this is the kind of youthful impertinence I can get behind. After all, THIS was a princess who really knew who she was, a princess that was not like other princesses, a #hotdogprincess.

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