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Broadbandsearch: 17 Rules To Protect My Child Online - Internet Safety For Kids (opens in a new tab)

When dealing with children, there is a constant struggle between trying to keep them safe while also allowing them the freedom to explore and learn about themselves and the world. This has always been a challenge, but it’s become even more difficult thanks to the internet. Kids have access to more information than they’ve ever had before, and this exposes them to a whole new set of risks.

Four Ways To Hack Your Screen Addiction (opens in a new tab)

Here’s how to have a healthy and mindful relationship with media so you can stay informed, engaged, and feeling good.

The ‘Like’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means (opens in a new tab)

Before deepfakes and alternative facts, the online world was already telling us fibs. In our series Lies the Internet Told Me, we call ’em all out.

How To Use Social Media, According To A Mental Health Expert (opens in a new tab)

Six tips from a psychologist for coping with the negative impacts of social media use, which research has linked to social isolation, loneliness, and depression.

Three Things We Can All Learn From People Who Don’t Use Smartphones Or Social Media (opens in a new tab)

Many of us spend hours every day tethered to our devices, pawing at the screen to see if it will deliver a few more likes or emails, monitoring the world and honing our online presence.

The Trouble With ‘Screen Time’: Ditch Counting Digital Calories And Build Your Family’s Digital Nutrition (opens in a new tab)

Digital Nutrition is about thinking beyond screen time limits and restrictions, and doing the deep and messy work of understanding our relationship with technology and creating more savvy habits relating to what, when and why we choose to consume different items from the enormous digital buffet.

Building Bicycles For Our Minds (opens in a new tab)

Technology has a hole in it, I can feel it. Something isn’t right and while the current era of technology platforms feels like it has reached its zenith, there is something missing from the way many people are talking about the future.

How To Delete Facebook And Instagram From Your Life Forever (opens in a new tab)

Lost faith in Facebook and Instagram after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? Here’s a guide to breaking up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good.

13 Tips For Monitoring Kids’ Social Media (opens in a new tab)

Internet safety tips for kids and their parents.

Social Media, Loneliness, And Anxiety In Young People (opens in a new tab)

Is there a role for social media in perpetuating anxiety and loneliness?

6 Tips For Avoiding Anxiety Triggers While Using Social Media (opens in a new tab)

Anxiety. Four mere syllables. Seven mere letters. Yet s.u.c.h. a forceful nature. Bully-ish. Controlling. Consuming. Exhausting.

10 Weird Negative Effects Of Social Media On Your Brain (opens in a new tab)

According to new research, your social networking habits might be affecting your brain more than you know.

5 Strategies For Getting Kids Off Devices (opens in a new tab)

Ever try to pry a tablet from sticky fingers? Check out these tips to avoid the tantrum.

How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers (opens in a new tab)

Experts say kids are growing up with more anxiety and less self-esteem.

Why Instagram Is The Worst Social Media For Mental Health (opens in a new tab)

Instagram is the worst social media network for mental health and wellbeing, according to a recent survey of almost 1,500 teens and young adults.

How To Disconnect From ‘Always On’ Work Culture (opens in a new tab)

In our ‘Always On’ world, colleagues text and email us at all hours, expecting a quick response. But with these strategies, you can be happily out of reach—and not out of a job