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By Noah Boonov Previously on this blog, I’ve been open about what it was like growing up online. One of the reasons I spent many hours on Twitter and Tumblr as a kid and teenager was perpetuated by my love for YouTube. I’ve consumed hours upon hours of videos. I used to stay up until […]
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By Noah Boonov On a whim, I applied to be part of a Digital Theatre Creation program this past winter through a company in Barrie, Ontario called Talk Is Free Theatre. I was lucky enough to be chosen as a participant and the program finished in March. Over the course of this four-week program, I […]
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Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility
by Fiona Green https://familybloglines.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TransDayofVisibilityHearth.png Thinking of transgender folx and transgender families on this International Transgender Day of Visibility. The world is a hard place for those outside of the patriarchal cisgender gender binary. You are seen and you are loved.
One of our blog authors, Fiona Joy Green, has been honoured by being chosen to join a group of eight REMARKABLE MANITOBA WOMEN honoured for International Women’s Day by CBC Manitoba. Catch her interview with Laurie Hoogstraten during the drive home program, “Up to Speed”. Fiona talks about writing and mothering, and also defines intersectional […]
By Noah Boonov When I was a little kid, it was hammered into my head that under any circumstances “Do not talk to strangers online” and “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet”. I will never forget watching ‘The North American House Hippo’ commercial (I choose to believe that they ARE real). These phrases […]
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Mothering and Motherhood on the Home/Front
By Fiona Green and Jaqueline McLeod Rogers We’re excited to be presenting at this year’s IAMAS conference, Mothering and Motherhood on the Home/Front, which aims to “examine the importance of home, mothering, and motherhood in its multiple meanings.” Our presentation “Parenting and technology in blog and book: contextualizing familybloglines.com and Parenting/Internet/Kids in current scholarship and online” explores […]
By Toni De Guzman and Jaqueline McLeod Rogers TONI: With the advances of technology, privacy is being compromised to a greater extent through tracking-based applications such as Find My, Life360, and others. How does this affect parental relationships with children? Some parents may think they are protecting their children by tracking their activity, but in […]
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Playing Games With The Truth
By Noah Boonov Have you ever played the game “Two Truths and a Lie”? You state two true statements and one lie about yourself. I might say: “I’ve been to Disney World, I’ve eaten moose, and I own a car.” Now you guess which one is the lie (Leave your guess in the comments)! Okay, […]
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Thoughts On Setting Social Media Boundaries
By Noah Boonov Like many young people, I have had my fair share of embarrassing photos posted online by a parent or family member. I begged and pleaded with my parents to remove certain photos, but despite my best efforts they remain public. Not too long ago, I was hit with a reverse scenario. I […]
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Another argument for the need to do more…
by Fiona Joy Green and Jaqueline McLeod Rogers Maria Ressa, Filipino journalist and Nobel Prize laurete, argues we can all intervene in the moment and demand participation and truth. She describes the current culture as driven by social media lies and without recourse to truth or ethical corrections. Oddly, there is an element of optimism […]