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Building towards autonomy on the internet

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 18 Feb 2020.

Author: Lynn JataniaOne of the hardest things to do as a parent is let go.

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Digital Health, Parents

Building towards autonomy on the internet

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 18 Feb 2020.

Author: Lynn Jatania

One of the hardest things to do as a parent is let go.

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Younger siblings and social media rules

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 08 Jan 2020.

Author: Lynn JataniaOur youngest daughter, who is in Grade Seven this year, is moving up the social media ladder.

She has her own tablet to use on the Wi-Fi at home and recently got her own Instagram account. She’s really loving the ability to share pics with her friends and chat with them online – especially because her two older siblings have been Instagramming and texting for at least three years now.

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Cell Phones and Texting, Digital Health, Parents, Social Networking

Who owns the moment?

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 18 Dec 2019.

My youngest daughter has a brand new Instagram account, and she’s excited about it. Unlike my older two, she actually does use it to post. Since she doesn’t have a cell phone she uses her tablet at home, so her posts are always things we are doing around the house: artwork or craft projects she’s done, what we’re having for dinner, or the occasional nice outfit she wants to share.

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Internet & Mobile, Parents, Social Networking

Getting paranoid about our smart speaker

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 27 Nov 2019.

The other day I was on the phone with my sister – our land line, not a cell phone – and I said to her, “You’re my person.” This is a well-known phrase from the TV show Grey’s Anatomy; Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang used to say it to each other to cement the closeness of their friendship.

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Cyber Security, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Privacy

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