A Nanaimo Grade 7 class proves tech in schools builds skills, confidence, and creativity—banning it would mean missing real-world learning.

No-tech sleepovers help protect kids from online risks, peer pressure, and inappropriate content, keeping the focus on safe, screen-free fun.

Help seniors stay safer online with managed routers, secure apps, and financial safeguards—preserve independence while reducing risk.

Most online abuse isn’t from strangers—it's often by someone the youth knows. Shift focus from “stranger danger” to “situation danger” for real online safety.

Reports of teens flooding 911 over a TikTok outage were false—sensational headlines fed stereotypes, not facts. No verified surge in calls occurred.

Some online safety stats are true but lack context. Misused data can cause fear. Parents need evidence-based, nuanced info—not shock tactics.

Today’s private youth chats aren’t private—tech makes them permanent, sharable, and exploitable. Parents must teach digital awareness and caution.

Teens becoming brand ambassadors face legal, tax, and scam risks. Parents should guide them in contracts, earnings, and safety in digital side hustles.

History shows abstinence-only approaches fail. For teens & tech, harm reduction, digital literacy, and guidance work better than bans or delays.

Teens view tech with balance. To support them, we must listen, collaborate on rules, and empower them, not control them, with digital literacy and trust.

Teens are downloading other Chinese apps in protest of a potential TikTok ban, highlighting flaws in performative policy and demanding broader digital reform.

Lighthouse parenting blends guidance, trust, and independence—helping kids safely navigate tech without overprotecting or micromanaging.

Social media’s shift to community fact-checking risks bias, misinformation, and confusion—parents must teach kids critical thinking and digital literacy.

hifting from "toxic masculinity" to “healthy gender expectations” helps teen boys engage in positive growth without feeling attacked or alienated.

Minimalist phones like Wisephone help parents avoid “whack-a-mole” battles by offering kids safe, age-appropriate tech without web or social media access.

Using tech in the kitchen with purpose—like cooking together using recipes—can spark connection, creativity, and meaningful family bonding.

Tech isn't all good or bad. Balance, guidance, and gradual exposure—not fear or extremes—help kids build safe, healthy digital habits.

Before reacting to tech use, parents should listen first—kids want to feel heard, not fixed. Listening builds trust, connection, and stronger guidance.

Online friendships can be safe and meaningful—if verified. Open dialogue, due diligence, and trust-building help teens form healthy, secure connections.

A teen made AI deepfake nudes of peers but faced no charges due to legal gaps, highlighting the urgent need for law reform and digital ethics education.