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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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Message sent, received but no instant reply: how does that make you feel?
Is it time we developed a new social contract for online communications to prevent reply-status nightmares?

App freezes your child's phone until they respond to parent's messages
ReplyASAP denies phone access until the child responds.

Our obsession with taking photos is changing how we remember the past
How does our prolific photo-taking affect our memories of events and identity?

Detecting depression: Phone apps could monitor teen angst
Could the same devices that some people blame for contributing to tech-age angst also be used to detect it?

The positive life skills Fortnite has taught my children
Playing Fortnite is not all bad.

How Facebook's 'Year in Review' helped me look forward to 2019
As paradoxical as it may sound, I'm beginning this year by looking back instead of forward.

Instagram's 'Year in Review 2018' features Fortnite, Disneyland and ASMR
The kids ruled Instagram in 2018.

I lost my iPhone ... and I'm OK
I have discovered - and you may not believe it - that humans can actually survive without a smartphone.

Apple bans cosmetic surgery apps targeting children
The tech giant has led the way, with Amazon and Google yet to respond.

The year in Google: what Aussies searched for in 2018
From the World Cup to the royal wedding, and from Barnaby Joyce to My Health Record, this is what we wanted to know about this year.

As Fortnite blows up, parents need to up their game
Does your kid talk endlessly about Tilted Towers and V-Bucks?
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