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Author Archives: Devendra Rao
….and You thought Kids are too young to teach Computers!!
Hi Friends…just came across this cute little video of a 2.5 yr old kiddo playing with an iPad. Thought I should share it with you as a Quickie post. Hey…our species is evolving guys…and how…..click the link below to watch this video. A 2.5 Year-Old Has A First Encounter with An iPad
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A School going Teenagers Thoughts about Online Dangers
I recently came across a newsletter of a local Mumbai school- Children’s Academy. I found an article were a “cyber-aware” student shares his thoughts on dangers in cyberspace. I decided to post his article, ditto(without changing syntax errors or disputing supposed facts and stories- I have added some links though), as it appeared in their [...]
Takeaways from the Know Your Child(KYC) Workshop
Recently, I attended a KYC Workshop, organized under the aegis of Art of Living. Since the workshop gave me some new perspectives and insights, I thought that I should share these with parents. As we all know, parenting has never been easy – in fact, it is one of the most challenging jobs in the [...]
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Defeat and Victory
Just felt like sharing a quick update with you. This has got nothing to do with Technology per se. This incident relates to my son, who brings so much joy into my life. This post is titled ‘Defeat and Victory’ because I want to share 2 incidents with you. Defeat: Of late, I have been [...]
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Interview with Mr. Hasmukhbhai Sanghvi
Who is Mr. Hasmukh Sanghvi? – Is he a Celebrity? No….He is my co-passenger. A Commoner. We commute by a local Mumbai train everyday to our respective workplaces. He is 53 years old(rather young). Hasmukhbhai is a religious and straight forward person. Why I chose to interview him?… Simply because in my opinion he is [...]
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Bridging the (Parent-Child) Divide
“Parents are most Caring, but Ignorant. Children are most Intelligent, but Vulnerable” The above statement is actually my tag-line for the online and offline initiative of my Secure Childhood project. One thing we all agree, that with every generation, human beings evolve as a smarter and intelligent specie. Such evolution brings along challenges of its [...]
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Belling the Indian CAT
The scope of Secure Childhood is not just about Internet safety best practices . It’s also an attempt to mitigate anxiety and stress levels to a certain extent of both parents and teenagers. But what happens when technology itself becomes the source of high anxiety and stress levels. The case in point here is the [...]
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Importance of Reviewing Browser History
It is important that parents regularly review the Browser History. By doing so, they get to know what exactly their children have been browsing. It is quite apparent that a review would always be done discreetly and hence this comes under the Monitoring aspect-which itself is a very sensitive issue. After all kids don’t like [...]
Social Networking
Social Networking Sites are gaining popularity by the day, especially among our teens. There are lot of positive as well as negative aspects of this latest trend among our youth.The world has shrunk. Its a small global (or is it ‘glocal’ ) village. Things happening at the other part of the world reaches one within [...]
6 Pointers from a Teenager to Avoid Distractions