If you are a parent today, the question of how to win the internet struggle with your child is real. We cannot avoid it, we cannot ignore it, what we must do is create balance for our children and for ourselves. This is why I love this letter a mum shared with her child as…
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Important Things Parents Need to Know About Digital Boundaries for Children
When it comes to raising a digital citizen, parents need to know about digital boundaries. The term “digital citizen” has become a buzzword in recent years. Part of being a digital citizen includes knowing what digital boundaries. And parents must help their children to grow up to be well-rounded, thoughtful humans who are comfortable with…
LagosMums Mum of the Month – Kunbi Osinoiki
Our Lagosmums mum of the month is Kunbi Osinoiki. She is a mum to three amazing children and an amazing wife to her husband. She is a music educator, co-founder of Kunbi’s Music Company, with so many other hats. Read more about this amazing mum as she shares her passions and her motherhood experience so…
Helping Children Learn Digital Empathy Skills via a Lego Game
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,…
What are the things to know about Parenting in the Digital Age
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…
YouTube Launches Parental Control for Tweens and Teens
YouTube to launch parental control features for families with tweens and teens YouTube announced that it will soon introduce a new experience designed for teens and tweens who are now too old for the school-age-focused YouTube Kids app. The company says it’s preparing to launch a beta test of new features. These will give parents the ability to grant…
What are the Benefits of STEM? For Children not Interested in Science and Math
STEM learning is important in preparing children for their place in society, but how does this benefit children that are not interested in STEM? The industrial revolution has evolved over the years, from people using water and steam to power systems; to systems now being automatically driven digitally through code and various automated machine programing.…
Family Friendly Ways for Children to Understand the Importance of Internet Safety
TGIF Parents! It is the weekend, and we are looking at family-friendly ways to ensure that our children understand the importance of Internet safety. On Tuesday 9th, February, Safer Internet Day was celebrated; this is organized each year to promote the safer and responsible use of digital technology especially for children and young people. We should also…
Opportunities for Children who Study STEM
The growing adoption of science and technology all over the world has created new job roles and careers that otherwise would not have existed. As such, children who study STEM would have a wealth of opportunities to choose from based on their interests and skill sets. Possible careers are listed below based on individual STEM…
How to Hack the New Normal in Parenting and Screen Time Management
Every parent wants to know how to hack the new normal in parenting and screen time management. Whether you were a parent who had a plan or not when it came your child’s use of screens and going online; the pandemic and ensuing lockdown changed so many of the pre-pandemic screen time rules in most…