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Tips to ensure that your child isn’t sharing anything online that could later hurt their reputations. Over 1.8 billion people have at least one active social media account, which means
Their Innocent Snapchat is Child Porn, Get Informed!
If you have a teenager and they have a connected cellphone or tablet devices, chances are that they’re on Snapchat. The app has approximately 100 million users, so even if your
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Do you enjoy working with little children? Are you understanding and caring, with a lot of patience? If so, an early childhood degree might be just what you need to
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Children aged 11-13 are likely keen Internet users, which is why it’s so important for parents to foster good digital skills and safety at this age. The pre-teen period is
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According to a study conducted for the Film and Publication Board (FPB), South African children aged 10 to 17 years old have repeated exposure to violence and bad language since