Kids and the internet

8/12/2015

Hello in there it is me out here

Ok so we are giving miss 10 a laptop ( a old one from work) for Christmas so I am now going to be wading into the Internet Safety for Kids.  My Hubby is pretty computer literate and can set it up so that there are certain sites she can't access and can monitor her browsing history but I still worry about the fact that there are so many people out there seem to get a great deal of pleasure in hurting kids in one way or another. I understand that we have to let our kids go out into the world and explore and make their own mistakes and learn from them ( I hope they do learn from the), and I certainly don't want to be a Helicopter Parent so how do I keep her and master 9 safe in a world when there is danger lurking in every nook and cranny?

Last night was the last nigh of Scouts for the year and I was lucky enough to see master 9 get his silver boomerang and his pet badge, he has put in so much hard work to achieve this ( he is Dyslexic and left handed) and I have seen him struggle with the things the other kids can do soo easily,  As most of you would know from my posts long ago master 9 found it difficult to do even the simplest of things like tying shoelaces, throwing a ball,buttoning his shirt up and now through a great deal of hard work on his behalf, his teacher he is now able to accomplish these things.  You may say why wasn't he able to do these things and I am being dramatic but I saw the frustration on his face, I saw the tears - when he was told he was stupid, couldn't tie his shoelaces.  I have seen him struggle in class because he doesn't know how to write,spell or read, this year alone he has come so far and I couldn't be prouder of my son and the best part is because of his teacher he now looks forward to going to school and is itching to get out of the house in the mornings to get there.

Miss 10 is doing well in school, I am so proud of her.  She has developed a love of books - which is a big surprise , considering last year it was such a big deal for her to read!!.  She has discovered that she likes to draw, sing.  She is not overly keen on sport and well I am ok with that, I do want her doing a sport and I am trying to find one that does grab here interest but we have not had any luck so far.
I think with her she is going to be one with a gentle nature but she is stubborn so I am not sure how that is going to work!!, she does have something that I could never teach and that is compassion and empathy intact with kids do and for that I am very grateful.

Well that is all for now

Toodles xxxx