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Communicating with Gen-Z: Parents just need to master these 2 time-tested processes

By Devendra Rao | Published: July 18, 2011

In my last post, I had stressed on the importance of parents keeping communication channels open with their children and try to learn from them as well. Since then some of my readers had asked me to elaborate on this ‘key aspect’ of parenting. In this article, I take this as an honour and obligation [...]

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Are Indian kids safe Online – Analysing a Survey Report

By Devendra Rao | Published: July 11, 2011

Computer security firm McAfee recently commissioned a comprehensive study titled ‘Are Indian kids safe online?’ The survey was conducted across 10 Indian cities & included kids of all age groups. The study is basically all about the online behaviour of Indian children and related parental concerns. Some of the salient findings of the study are [...]

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How Teenagers can Improve their Lives (while still under their parents control)

By Devendra Rao | Published: July 7, 2011

Famous blogger and an advocate of simplicity and minimalism Leo Babauta gives some straight-forward advice to teenagers in this post of his titled “The Zen-Habits of Teen-agers”. Here’s Leo’s views- simple, short and crisp ========================================================================================================= How do you improve your life and find happiness when you’re a teen-ager, and can’t control much of your life? [...]

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Saintly Advice on Teen-age: for Parents,Teachers & Teens

By Devendra Rao | Published: February 24, 2011

There is an old saying in Sanskrit: ‘When your son or daughter turns sixteen, behave with them like a friend’. Don’t be their teachers; don’t tell them what to do or what not to do. Just share their difficulties with them. Be a friend to them; a friend who is at their level. A friend understands [...]

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May you live in Interesting Times!!

By Devendra Rao | Published: January 7, 2011

Ok..Ok…I have not posted a blog for a long long time….Here’s what kept me busy…. Apart from the mundane things and the day job, I have been speaking to a lot of Teens and of course Parents regarding safe online practices and the constantly changing and evolving cyberspace scenarios. I must say that these are [...]

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Defeat and Victory

By Devendra Rao | Published: February 18, 2010

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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Bridging the (Parent-Child) Divide

By Devendra Rao | Published: December 24, 2009

“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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Importance of Reviewing Browser History

By Devendra Rao | Published: November 24, 2009

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 [...]

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