90% of 15 to 17 year olds own a mobile phone* Girlfriend magazine: 40% of girl readers had … Read More »
Posted in adolescent health, Cybersafety, Dr Ramesh Manocha, mobiles, susan mclean, technology | Tagged adolescent, Cybersafety, dr ramesh manocha, generation next, sexting, susan mclean, teenager, texting | Leave a commentA school principal fed up with cyber-bullying has used his usually sedate newsletter column to send a blunt … Read More »
Posted in adolescent health, cyberbullying, Cybersafety, Depression, education, internet safety, Mental Health, peer pressure, susan mclean, technology | Tagged adolescent, cyber-bullying, cyberbullying, Cybersafety, dr ramesh manocha, facebook, generation next, ramesh manocha, sexting, Social Networking Sites, texting, youth | 5 CommentsUseful link: BBC Radio 4 regularly broadcasts Teenage Kicks which looks at youth issues. Go to BBC Radio … Read More »
Posted in adolescent health, bullying, peer pressure, pornography, sexualisation, technology, violence | Tagged adolescent, dr ramesh manocha, generation next, partner violence, pornography, ramesh manocha, sexualisation, sexualization, texting, youth | Leave a commentIn september 2009 Bristol University and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in … Read More »
Posted in adolescent health, Mental Health, peer pressure, relationships, violence | Tagged adolescent, dr ramesh manocha, generation next, Mental Health, partner violence, pornography, ramesh manocha, research, sexualisation, teen, texting, youth | Leave a commentAt first glance it would seem that choosing Video Hits as a Media Partner for the recently held … Read More »
Posted in communication, Cybersafety, in the news, parenting, pornography, sexualisation, violence | Tagged adolescent, dr ramesh manocha, generation next, music video clips, pornography, sexualisation, teenager, texting, youth | 1 CommentAn American study of sexting, the practice for teens to send nude or near-nude images of themselves via … Read More »
Posted in adolescent health, Cybersafety, in the news, mobiles, research, technology | Tagged adolescent, australia, australian, children, dr ramesh manocha, education, generation next, health, mobile phone, parenting, pornography, ramesh manocha, research, sexting, susan mclean, teenager, texting, youth | Leave a comment‘Sexting’, the sending and receiving of sexually explicit images via mobile phones or other applications such as instant … Read More »
Posted in adolescent health, communication, Cybersafety, education, General, internet safety, Media, pornography, susan mclean, technology | Tagged children, cyber, Cybersafety, dr ramesh manocha, education, generation next, internet, parenting, research, seminar, sexting, susan mclean, texting | Leave a commentSexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between mobile phones, but can … Read More »
Posted in Cybersafety, internet safety, mobiles, susan mclean, technology | Tagged Cybersafety, generation next, internet, ramesh manocha, sexting, susan mclean, texting | Leave a commentAn Australian study has found children who frequently use mobile phones to send text messages are being taught … Read More »
Posted in adolescent health, Mental Health, mobiles, research, technology | Tagged adolescent, children, generation next, Mental Health, mobile phone, monash, predictive text, ramesh manocha, texting | Leave a commentWe received an overwhelming response to comments by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg this week about the over-use of mobile … Read More »
Posted in adolescent health, alcohol, Cybersafety, Media, mobiles, sleep hygiene | Tagged australian, children, generaiton next, mobile phone, sleep, texting | 1 Comment