Safer Internet Day 2018
Safer Internet Day (SID) offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community. It calls upon the entire global citizenry to come together and help to create a safer internet. This includes the youth, parents, guardians, educators, social […]
The FPB and Its Plight For A Better, Safer Internet.
The Film and Publication Board (FPB) is a regulatory body whose mandate is to protect the nation’s citizens. This is done by restricting and censoring harmful, destructive and inappropriate content especially for minors. This content could be in the form of movies, games, magazines and any other media for public use. They help to put […]
How to Ensure Kids Safety Online and Prevent Cyber Bullying
Let us put our magnifying glass on one of the biggest threats that people face online – CYBER BULLYING!. How damaging is it? How far-reaching is it? What if your child is a cyber bully? The relationship between depression, suicide and cyber bullying. All these and other issues are discussed here. According to Ditch the […]
Parental Advice | Talking to Teens About Online Behaviour
How other parents are talking to teens about online behaviour and safety: A recent study by the Pew Research Center asked parents how often they talk with their teen about appropriate and inappropriate online behaviour – from what they view online, what they share online to how they treat others. Here are some stats about […]
Parents’ Guide | Top 10 Tips for Internet Safety
The Internet can be a wonderful tool for your children – promoting their learning and research, helping them stay in touch with family and friends and having fun. On the other hand, however, the Internet can also be a risky place where children can put themselves at risk and access inappropriate content, whether they mean […]
Understanding Kids Slang, How to Speak Teenager
Understanding Teenager talk, what are they saying to each other?? On Safer Internet Day (7 February 2017), UK Internet service provider BT revealed that 5.2 million adults are clueless when it comes to interpreting what kids are saying online. Over 4,500 adults took part in the research, and the majority were not able to translate […]
Misbehaving? Time to meditate?
Most of us have a memory of detention at school – staying late in a classroom, watched by a stern teacher – in silence, with your head on a desk, or doing extra work. Now imagine instead being in a ‘Mindful Moment Room’ instead – a brightly coloured “oasis of calm”. The Mindful Moment Room […]
Bullying at school – what do we do? Part two
In part one of our two-part series on bullying at schools, we highlighted some opinions from the community about bullies and bullying. This week, we’ll share advice on solving the problem of bullying in schools. Education expert Dr Gillian Mooney says that the increase in the number and severity of bullying incidents in South African […]
Bullying at school – what do we do? Part One
#bullyingmustfall – Share your views News24 recently ran a story about a boy who was bullied at a Cape Town school. The boy’s mother felt that the school could have done more to protect her son. The story was met with an overwhelming response from the public, which shows that bullying remains a huge problem […]
Why do we celebrate Women’s Day and Women’s month?
In South Africa, the month of August is dedicated to women, with 9 August celebrated annually as Women’s Day. Why 9 August? On 9 August 1956, over 20,000 South African women of all races marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest against the extension of ‘Pass Laws’ to women. Led by Helen Joseph, […]