{"id":128432,"date":"2016-07-20T07:30:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T05:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/128432\/5-tips-for-parents-in-the-digital-age\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:30:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T05:30:13","slug":"5-tips-for-parents-in-the-digital-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2016\/07\/20\/5-tips-for-parents-in-the-digital-age\/","title":{"rendered":"5 tips for parents in the digital age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.Be a responsible(and role model) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_citizen\" target=\"_blank\">digital citizen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell this means exercising proper behaviour with regards to using technology<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>2.Youtube is for learning<\/p>\n<p>Ensure that you set up a profile and save educational, fun and interesting videos that stand out for you<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>3.Model a positive social media presence<\/p>\n<p>What happens in vegas stays in vegas? Right? Wrong! It now stays online and what you post (even for a minute) is always public and permanent as it takes seconds to reach people. Ensure that you monitor your profile often.<\/p>\n<p>4.Become a mindful and skilled online searcher<\/p>\n<p>To ensure a safe online journey for you and your family<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hack Tricks: Google Search\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WsFqY9a_m-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>5.Be open to learning from your child<\/p>\n<p>You can try and deny it all you want but children these days are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxforddictionaries.com\/definition\/english\/tech-savvy\" target=\"_blank\">tech-savvy<\/a> and always allow your child to teach you a thing or two and engage what you learn from your child and their technology usage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='af97a87469bbe197ebdaa564e5c8ff0d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it, these days it is a lot easier to keep up with the kardashians than technology <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7868,"featured_media":128433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[1411,9567,1860,5700],"class_list":["post-128432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-family","tag-internet","tag-learning","tag-youtube"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["family","internet","Learning","YouTube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}