The geeky-mom persona has gained immense popularity since the last decade, making them create a niche in the mainstream now. Being computer literate and acquainted with latest technological developments can make moms find newer ways of having fun with their children and spending quality time with them. This ensures a better bonding as well as communication between parents and their children, thereby strengthening the bond between them. Apart from being a source of immense educational benefit, computers and cell phones can even land your child into a soup if not handled carefully and responsibly.
Mothers who are tech-savvy can opt for tools like installing ‘Parental Phone Monitoring Software’ and ‘Parental Mobile Tracking Software’ on their children’s personal computer and mobile phone which help them in keeping a track of their children’s’ activities. From April, 2011, Apple App store, with the launch of its latest software ‘Guardly’, has gone way beyond in improving emergency call responses and assist in saving lives of many innocent youngsters.
Stepping towards the virtual world
1. Visit an on-line social networking site
If you have young children, enrolling yourself with ‘club penguin’ can lend you an idea of how children these days make use of the virtual world around them. Just embracing your child for his achievements is not enough, you should be a party to it by educating yourself about what is happening in your child’s net-world. Signing up with Facebook and Twitter can help you mingle with your children on their note as you go ahead to share your homepage with them and vice-versa.
2. Play a video game with your kid-
Even if you do not enjoy playing games much, once in a while you can spend some time having fun with your kids by playing on-line games. This will help you to get an insight of his likes and dislikes, and also his views on certain gaming videos. You can opt to play sports game on the Wii, or Guitar Hero games and others, as per your child’s interest and demand. The best way to keep children away from violent games is to play other games with them.
3. Download something your kids will like
There are more ways than one to have fun with the computer right in-front of you. You can download interesting songs which your kids would not have heard before, or even ask them to play something for you. This way, a healthy conversation about music might just bring out a star out of your child and also deepen your relation with him.
4. Check out You-tube
‘You tube’ viewing is an inevitable and mandatory part of kids of a certain age group. To associate well with them, just click around to watch some interesting videos of their interest. Opting for some comedy picks can also make you share some laughter moments with your children.
5. Take control of your television
Television viewing should be controlled and monitored and latest technologies have made this very simple for parents, without bringing it into their children’s knowledge. Using digital video recorders, on-demand programming and other website tools assist in tracing what your child loves to watch on the tube. Also, previewing shows, using the skip and mute buttons etc. can help impose a check on your child’s screen watching.
6. Learn how to manage your kids digital world
As parents, if you provide your children with personal digital devices like cell phones, computers and other electronic gadgets, it is your sole responsibility to set rules for their safe and responsible usage. From time to time, check the browser history, install parental control tools, get appropriate age filters, educate your children about the basics of safe internet surfing and also teach them the digital code of conduct. Do not leave everything on them to solve the jigsaw puzzle.
