Will YOUR toddler need treatment for iPad addiction?

I love my iPad but are you using them as electric babysitters? It seems that some toddlers play with iPads nearly half of their waking day and this is leading to withdrawal tantrums of an extreme kind! As a former Deputy Head I also worry about their ability to concentrate on any one task – […]

Generation Xbox: ‘Alarming’ drop in fathers helping children to read

There’s an alarming study out by The Literacy Trust  showing a drop in the number of fathers encouraging their children to read 🙁 The study by the National Literacy Trust shows one in three dads give no reading encouragement to their children to read at all – a 30 per cent increase over the past […]

A MUST SEE VIDEO FOR YOUR TEENAGERS – Watch First to a Million.

  Have you ever done something you regret? Ever shared something and wished you hadn’t? Would you know what to do and where to turn if you did? Find out what it’s like when things spin out of control. Watch First to a Million. It’s a film with a difference – you’re in control. Watch […]

Keeping Your Kids Safe Online – Take A Look At The thinkuknow website

Feeling out of your depth coping with your kids technology? Find the latest information on the sites your kids like to visit, on mobiles and using all the new technology. Find out what’s good, what’s not and what you can do about it. If you look after young people there’s an area for you too – […]

Is your child a hopeless “screen-ager?”

Children today are growing up with computers, Gameboys, Play Stations. X boxes and Wii’s, iPods, iPhones, iPads. They are the generation of screenagers. But what does this mean to your child’s development? Well, it means that your child will be: • Strongly visual and think in pictures • Literal as opposed to abstract in their […]