Issues that face parenting/mothering/mentoring in the modern era.
Welcome to Part 3 of my “What Parents Need to Know Series.” You can find Part 1 What Parents Need to Know About Cell Phones here and Part 2: What Parents Need to Know About Facebook here. This week I’ll be focusing on picture and texting apps. I spent the…
Depending on which article you read, most will admit that teenagers are using Facebook less than they were just a few years ago. According to the Pew Research Center (an organization that I tend to look towards for most statistics), 71% of teenagers between 13 and 17 years old still…
The landscape for Digital Natives is a completely different one for Digital Immigrants. For some of us Immigrants who can recognize the sound of a dial-up modem like the voice of our own mothers, the Native world our children are growing up in can be more than intimidating. It can…
We’ve all seen the “bossy” meme that’s made the rounds on social media. You know the one. It usually shows a woman (or maybe a young girl) with arms petulantly crossed and scowling. The caption will read “I’m not bossy, I have good leadership skills!” We laugh and click “like”…
As a mother who insists on staying involved in her children’s lives, I make an effort to read articles that come along warning me about the latest dangers or improvements in the world that will directly affect my son or daughter. My son, who is fifteen, is growing up in…
Fatty! The word hung in my kitchen’s air, my little girl’s tiny voice shouting words at her brother that she didn’t know the meaning of but knew they were meant to be hurtful. My 15-year-old son stared at her, trying to not laugh at her preschool-aged anger while also showing…
