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Helping young kids get a healthy start with devices

Screens and other media are a big part of kids’ lives, and they can be a healthy part too. Here are some ways that you can make sure your kids get the best possible start when using media and digital devices.

Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Internet & Mobile

Helping kids get a healthy start with phones

Phones and other media are a big part of kids’ lives, and they can be a healthy part too. Here are some ways that you can make sure your kids get the best possible start when using media and digital devices.

Cell Phones and Texting, Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Internet & Mobile

Setting family goals and intentions after the New Year

Now that we’re past the flurry of people posting about their January New Year’s resolutions (maybe some of them were realistic and easy to follow and some of them less so), it’s a good time to sit back and think about how we can start off a fresh year with intention, particularly when it comes to screen use.  

Digital Health, Parents

Break the Fake Quizzes

Test your fact-checking skills. These quick quizzes will help you start to learn how to spot suspicious posts.

Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile

Everything is a house hippo

Remember the house hippo? The beloved mini creature who lived in Canadian homes? Or at least, that’s what we were told years ago as part of a Concerned Children's Advertisers campaign to help kids think critically about what they were seeing on TV.

Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Parents

Talking TikTok: A Family Guide

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    Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Internet & Mobile, Parents, Social Networking

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