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Snapchat’s New ‘Snap Maps’ Feature Has Parents Concerned For Their Kids’ Safety

June 30, 2017 by Scarlett Ballantyne Leave a Comment

‘Mom, have you downloaded the new Snapchat update? It’s so cool!’ Since I am not a regular Snapchat user, merely a mom who has downloaded the app to follow my kids and mess around with filters, I hadn’t updated the new feature. And then I found out what it was. Snapmaps is a location-based … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: mobile devices and safety, snapchat, technology and kids, teenagers, teens and safety

What The Heck Is Snapchat And Why Are Our Kids Always On It?

September 15, 2016 by Scarlett Ballantyne 4 Comments

If you’ve got a teenager, you can probably look over at any time of the day or night and find them snapping selfie after selfie. I'd estimate that it happens about every 10 seconds. But what are they actually doing? Chances are, your kid is sending photo-type-texts to their friends via an App … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Technology, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: Selfies, smartphone, snapchat, Teenager

Back-to-School Tech Savvy Checklist

August 18, 2016 by Sonya Leave a Comment

Most of us don’t even want to think about back-to-school shopping yet but yes, the time has come (that's if you haven't started already!) If you've got some tech in the back of your mind now is a good time to ease in, refresh the kids and get those S’mores-filled-brains gearing up. We’ve recently … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3, Apple, back-to-school, Facebook, iPhone SE, Kobo Aura ONE, LeapFrog, macbook pro, Microsoft Surface 3, Norton WiFi Privacy, OSMO, Philips Hue, PokemonGo, Samsung Galaxy Tab, snapchat

Dad Wins The Internet By Filming Daughter Taking Silly Selfies

August 27, 2014 by Tanya Cruz Leave a Comment

We've all been guilty of taking a selfie or two. But teens these days take the cake for being downright obsessed with snapping pictures of themselves. As a parent or innocent bystander, watching them take selfies can be incredibly annoying, but not if you secretly film them doing it. As Rod … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Humour Tagged With: funny, humor, humour, Instagram, photobomb, Rod Beckham, Selfies, snapchat, viral, viral video

The STATUS of Our Digital Society and Kids

October 18, 2013 by Sonya Leave a Comment

The internet has it's pros and cons. We love it most of the time but there are times we hate it. Especially as parents. It's not like when we were young, right? The technology is moving faster and faster each day and if you ask any mom or dad, they often toot how their kids are so tech savvy. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Life, Parenting Issues Tagged With: cyberbulling, Facebook, Instagram, internet, kids, online, safety, snapchat, Teens, Telus, teluswise

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