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What an Internet Outage Means for Teens

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 24 Sep 2020.

Lynn JataniaWe had an internet outage in our neighbourhood last week. We had no internet access for three whole days.

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The Trickle: What to do when your teen is constantly checking their phone

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 10 Jul 2020.

Lynn JataniaOur older teens, aged 17 and 15, have smartphones. They aren’t big users of social media, but they do get messages from friends fairly often on Instagram, Hangouts and Discord.

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Post-quarantine rules reset

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 25 Jun 2020.

Lynn JataniaThere are still a lot of unknowns about COVID-19, but for now at least, our province has started to open up a bit. Parks and beaches are open, most stores and malls are opening, and we’re even able to get haircuts again.

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Withholding screens as punishment

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 28 Apr 2020.

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Digital Health, Parents

Your child’s first phone: how old should they be?

Submitted by Lynn Jatania on 20 Apr 2020.

Lynn JataniaI remember when the iPad was first released back in 2010. Shortly after it came out, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were spotted at a restaurant letting their daughter Suri, who was four years old at the time, play on their iPad while they waited for their food.

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