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Parents urged to employ ‘active mediation’ when dealing with kids on gadgets

Parents urged to employ ‘active mediation’ when dealing with kids on gadgets

At the first Digital Parenting Conference organized last May 22 by the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), a life coach stressed the need for parents to go beyond limiting and controlling their children’s use of gadgets.

Psychologist and author Michelle Alignay discusses ways on how to deal with the children’s use of gadgets

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OPINION: Is technology dumbing down our kids?

OPINION: Is technology dumbing down our kids?

by Sinita Maher

I recently came across an article on the news about an app called “Spritz”, which is a new app that lets you read “a whole book in an hour.” This sparked me to think that whilst it may be efficient in saving time and convenient for people on the run, is it also part of the reason why technology is dumbing children down?  

Children as young as three are now using iPhones, iPads…

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