Tag: cellphones

Tweens & Teens

October 26

How To Introduce Smartphones To Your Teenager

Screen time experts advise parents should introduce digital devices to kids the same way the Megastar did with her kids

In our highly digital world, it’s not unusual to see young children and toddlers who know their way around smartphones and tablets. So when Sharon Cuneta shared that she had just gifted her youngest son Miguel a simple phone, many were amazed.“Someone
Tweens & Teens

November 8

Cellphone Contract With Your Tween and Teen

Clear rules, buy-in, and mutual respect helped this mom get her child to sign on the dotted line.

The decision to give our eighth-grade daughter an iPhone was not a hard one. She was already using my old flip phone responsibly, checking in and responding to my calls and texts. She hadn't damaged or lost it.Still, I was hesitant about
Home

June 3

How to Stop Your Yaya from Texting and Using Facebook on the Job

Five basic tips for talking to caregivers about your mobile phone rules.

It used to be that the worst thing a yaya would do was raid the refrigerator. But this was before texting, social media, and emojis. Today's caregivers, whether parttime or full-time, sneak — or outright flaunt — something many of us parents
Big Kids

February 27

5 Smartphone Rules Every Parent Must Set for the Kids

These are no-compromise rules, moms and dads, especially if your child is below 10 years old.

The role of technology in child's life is a heatedly discussed topic among parents and experts. Smartphones most especially are the trickiest to monitor, Internet safety speaker Jesse Weinberger tells The New York Times, since the device is always with your child but you don't have
Wellness

May 3

Want to Spend Less Time on Your Phone? This Very Simple Hack is All You Need

Break your phone addiction, and focus more on what matters.

Photo from numrush.nlSeveral studies have shown that spending too much time on your phone can lead to very undesirable consequences. For parents, it can make their children feel neglected and unimportant—up to 50% of kids feel that their parent are on their
Love & Relationships

October 22

Your Cellphone is Slowly Killing Your Relationship, Says a Study

"Pphubbing" is when you use or get distracted by your cellphone while in the company of your partner. Guilty?

Before the birth of mobile phones, what do two people having dinner do when the conversations starts to get boring? They change the topic and get the conversation going again. Nowadays, what do people do when they’re bored at the dinner table,
Big Kids

October 21

Cellphones for Big Kids: Yay or Nay?

Check out this article from FemaleNetwork.com on weighing the pros and cons and more tips on cellphone safety.

By Jaclyn Lutanco-ChuaIt used to be that owning a mobile phone was a status symbol, an accessory toted by businesspeople to let everyone that they were important; these days, everyone has one, and even kids are experts on texting and make missed

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