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Talk to your children as much as you can about activities on social media

The US Surgeon General has recently called for the implementation of warning labels on social media platforms. This is not the first time he has spoken out about the potential dangers of excessive screen time.  This announcement has sparked widespread discussion about the potential dangers of social media, particularly for younger users. As this conversation

As a parent of teenagers, you have most likely wondered if Instagram or other social media platforms could be bad for your teenager’s mental health. But without any real data or research, and with all the varying information about the real effect on children and teens; most parents are left trying to figure out how

Teaching teenagers about love and respect in a digital age presents its own challenges. Is it okay for someone your teen has never met, to ask them out on a date via WhatsApp, and ask your teen to meet him at the venue using an Uber? Parents of teenagers are struggling with how to deal

Our Lagosmums mum of the month is Jemine Daibo. She is a mum to four amazing children and a loving wife to her husband. She is a parenting coach, founder of WarriMom, an activist, a teacher and so much more; we really enjoyed talking with her, as she shared about herself and her family. Read

FOMO is the fear of missing out and this can happen to anyone. However, when it comes to our kids and social media, there is a need to help them beat the negative side of FOMO. The negative sides of being online can have dire effects on a child’s mental health. Since the advent of

In our world today, we’re in a digital age; and we as parents and society need to raise children with digital empathy skills. The digital citizens of today are suffering from exposure to a lot of things online; such as social media, information, games, and so on; that is both good and bad for them,

Parenting our children in this digital age is not about sheltering them from the harshness of the world. It’s about preparing them to thrive in a complex and challenging reality; whether you are new to parenting or have raised children for years. LagosMums hosted a parenting upgrade masterclass, themed “Parenting 3.0”; where we had amazing

Speaking at our radio show conversation on LagosTalksFM, Yetty Williams talks about how learning has changed for children all over the world, during this time. We have to talk about the fact that learning has changed, what’s it changing from what’s it changing to. And when we talk about this specifically with the context of