On Children and the Internet

Posted on August 4th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Do we really know what your kids are doing when they are online? We as parents, might have to pay the price - and not in the monetary sense either.
Scenario # 1
Are your underaged kids downloading films and songs [...]

 

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Tags: children, internet, pay the price, technology, teenagers
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Are we scared of the outdoors?

Posted on February 9th, 2008

Natural is out, virtual is in. Communing with nature is passé.
This was the result of 3 independents studies in the US, Japan and Spain. People all over are spending less and less time in the great outdoors. And the Internet may just be one of the reasons.
Since 1991, outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, hunting, [...]

 

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Tags: Activities, decline, fear, outdoors, technology
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