BitLife: What Parents Need to Know About This Popular Life Simulator Game
BitLife is a mobile game available on both iOS and Android that simulates an entire human life, from birth to death. Players make choices for the characters at every stage of their lives: what to baby onesie to wear, what to study, who to date, what career to pursue…but also whether to have an abortion, get a divorce, commit crimes -…..
WhatsApp Channels Used to Share Explicit Content of Minors-Everything Parents Need to Know
Breaking news in South Africa today is that a court order just took down multiple WhatsApp channels exposing kids. Sex tapes. Nudes. Explicit rumours about HIV, STDs, and body counts. All shared anonymously. All involving minors. It’s a win for digital justice but also a wake up call for parents and teachers alike.
Fantasy AI Pornography and Our Kids: What You Need to Know (Even If You’d Rather Not)
A new digital threat is creeping into kids’ online spaces — AI fantasy pornography. It’s not videos. It’s not images. It’s chatbots. And they’re luring kids into graphic, emotionally manipulative text-based encounters before they even understand what they’re seeing.
Navigating the “SkinnyTok” Trend – What Parents Need to Know
You might have heard whispers, seen headlines, or perhaps your t/ween has subtly mentioned it. But what exactly is “SkinnyTok”, and why should we be paying attention?
Tween skincare and lattes – what’s really going on?!
Viral trends and influencer culture are drawing little girls into the beauty industry, from anti-aging creams to full makeup routines. Here’s everything parents need to know
Sweeter than Sugar: The Gamification of Temu🎮🛍️(And why our kids love It) 💖
Temu, the latest online shopping platform to pop up on our kids’ devices, has captivated their hearts and minds through its gamification features. So when Joshi next begs for your card details, it’s important to understand what lies beneath the need for yet another hoodie. The answer lies in how Temu has cleverly incorporated game-like […]
This online romance scam is hooking all our kids!
The Yahoo Boys scams just took it up a notch. Imagine the scene: Your daughter talking to a boy ON VIDEO. She met him at a party two weeks ago…only the boy is a man and he wasn’t at the party. What is more, is the man isn’t even real! n a world where technology […]
HIDING BEHIND FINSTA ACCOUNTS: I had no idea my child had three Instagram accounts!
So we all know that there are a lot of people in the digital world that pretend to be someone else to lure our children into anything from information sharing to sextortion. That is known as Catfishing. What we don’t often think about is that our precious children are navigating the complex online world where they sometimes […]
The love-hate relationship our teens have with Andrew Tate (and why parents need to know who he is)
Um… who exactly is Andrew Tate and why do our teens love to hate him? If you have a teen on social media, you need to know who Andrew Tate is… Here is why
When mascara stops being makeup: what parents need to know about TikTok’s #Mascara challenge
If your child is on TikTok, chances are that he/she has seen a lot of people talking about mascara recently – but it isn’t about make-up. People have been using the word to talk about their relationships in a way that avoids TikTok’s censorship filters.