Homes now run on quiet digital routines that rarely slow down. School portals open early each morning. Work tools stay active throughout the day. Entertainment fills short breaks and long evenings. These habits depend on stable access that works without reminders. When delays appear, frustration grows quickly inside busy households. Small pauses turn into missed…
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Practical Advice to Keep Your Children Mobile Safe at School
Read moreGeneration Z Generation Z has been a pretty hot topic at the moment. For those unfamiliar with the term, Generation Z refers to 16-22 year old’s. Recent research carried out for Newsbeat found that older generations believe today’s youth are lazy, selfish and addicted to social media. As a mum and step-mum, I have to…
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Stop blaming technology! Blame the Parents!
Read moreI see so many news articles, blog posts, vlogs and social media statuses about how children of today are becoming obsessed with technology. Children are spending more and more time locked away in their bedrooms alone whilst they surf the internet, spend time on social media and chat with their friends online. Family meal times…
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Vonage Review
Read moreMany people have friends and family jotted all over the world, but staying in touch can often be expensive. Vonage is a company that allows people to make phone calls over the internet using your home phone. It can help to dramatically cut the cost of the UK and International phone calls you make on your…
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You were a 90s child if…
Read moreYou had a clear box full of floppy disks sitting on your computer desk and all the labels were written in pencil so that you when you re-used the disk (if they ever worked second time around) you could rub out what you’d deleted and re-write your latest saved masterpiece Image courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net/zirconicusso You had…
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My Greatest Internet Fear
Read moreThis post is my entry into the Check and Secure challenge. For more advice on family safety online, see Mums on Security. Dear Future R and M,I am writing this letter to you now that you are two years old. I know in a few years time, you will both be internet experts because this is the age…