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How to stop children making in-app purchases
Simple account safeguards and a sound method of letting older children spend their pocket money can stop little ones purchasing big on mobile devices - whether inadvertently or deliberately.
Screen time and children
Concerned about how much time your kids are spending in front of screens? We have everything you need to know about time limits, why it's so inviting and how to cut back.
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Giving my 10-year-old a mobile phone is the biggest parenting mistake I've ever made
The change in my daughter was almost immediate. She became obsessed.
Could you - and your kids - give up all screens for one day every week?
chance to do the things you want to do, but never get around to.
Remote Parenting: I raise my kids via text messages - and I'm not ashamed to admit it
My kids know I am only a text away. I am here for them even when I'm not with them. And how can that be bad?
Nine-year-old exposed to naked pic challenge after dad allows her to have TikTok
What does she do when her child's father has seriously overstepped the mark?
A third of Australian kids own a mobile phone, study finds
Nearly half of Australian kids aged six to 13 own or have access to a mobile phone, a survey has found.
The average time young people spend watching videos has doubled since 2015
The surge in consumption comes despite mounting concerns about the grip that smartphones and screens have on young people's lives and development.
Is this the end of Fortnite? Gamers left staring at 'black hole'
If you have an inconsolable gamer in your life, here's why.
Attention, parents: You may be doing screen time limits all wrong
The term 'screen time' doesn't capture the many different ways that different kids use media.
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Epic Games to be sued for not warning parents Fortnite is allegedly as 'addictive as cocaine'
Roughly a quarter of a billion mostly obsessed gamers are battling it out in Fortnite, and there is a decent chance kids you know are among them.
How a Minecraft world has built a safe online playground for autistic kids
For autistic children, online social interactions can be just as fraught as those in the offline world. The community at Autcraft, which is built around a customised version of the popular game Minecraft, has set out to create a safe virtual playground.
'Sadfishing': parents warned about worrying new social media trend
Parents can never get too comfortable keeping abreast of social media trends. The latest? Sadfishing.
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