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The Art & Science of Parenting in the Digital Age – Improving the Quality of Children’s Screen Time

What is your child doing when he uses devices and “screens”? Are there ways to choose “better” screen time? The American Academy of Pediatrics recommend less than 2 hours of daily screen time for primary school children. It goes on to state that these should be “high-quality content”. How can parents choose “high quality…

The Art & Science of Parenting in the Digital Age – Children & Mobile Devices

When will your kids get their own smartphones and iPads? At which age do you think children can manage their usage of these devices? Seven year-old Jaycen is glued to his iPad, watching Stampy YouTube videos (live commentaries on Minecraft). He seems oblivious to what is happening around him. Three other kids nearby are similarly…

The Art & Science of Parenting in the Digital Age-Screen Time & Children

In recent years, mobile Internet devices have become primary entertainment options for children. In particular, today’s primary school children probably started playing games and watching videos from their pre-school days. Data from EU Kids Online shows that about 30% children own a game console before they enter primary school. Similarly close to 10% have their…

The recent debate over two controversial advertisements highlighted the need for media literacy training.While the industry’s self-regulatory group (Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore - ASAS) acknowledged indecency and called for it’s removal, it was ironically some man-in-the-street who feel otherwise. Studies show that only 8% of advertising messages are processed by our brains, with the…

Mobile gaming is fast becoming the dominant past-time of kids in IT-enabled Singapore. From mealtime to bedtime, it’s rare to find a child who is not connected to either the iPhone, Nintendo Gameboy, Playstation Portable or a mobile device of some sort. Many parents worry about the impact of such a radical change in the…

Kingmaker is in the news! With over 20 years of experience in cross cultural integration and exchange, Kingmaker’s Principal Consultant Mr. Tan Hee Guan shared with Lianhe Zaobao about his various initiatives to engage and befriend foreign students, overseas volunteering trips and numerous ways he has kept in touch with his cross-cultural friends these years.…

The Art & Science of Parenting in the Digital Age – Improving the Quality of Children’s Screen Time

The Art & Science of Parenting in the Digital Age – Children & Mobile Devices

The Art & Science of Parenting in the Digital Age-Screen Time & Children

Media Literacy

Kids and Mobile Gaming

Cross Cultural Integration