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Window Shopper by All4Women

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All4Women.co.za, is one of the fastest growing online women’s magazine in South Africa, they offer their readers a wide range of articles on fashion, beauty, weight loss, health, decor and more, with over 400 articles being added each month.

All4Women recently launched a brilliant new feature on their website called Window Shopper. Window Shopper allows you to view and share images of clothing items available in South Africa’s leading women’s retail stores, without leaving the comfort of your chair! You can filter your search, either by store(s) and/or type(s) of clothing.

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Loads of new pictures are added every day, so this way you’ll get to tour the mall without having to leave the comfort of your home or office. It is a one shop “fashion-finder,” which allows you the convenience of visiting one site, instead of having to trawl the mall or online stores to keep up to date, with all the hot new fashion items that have hit the shelves.

As a busy mom, I think this is a fantastic idea, especially if you are looking for something specific! At least you can do your research and legwork before you hit the shops or even better still order an item from a store on-line and have it delivered!

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Lifestyle, Social Media, Websites

Social Media

With an alarming frequency I am noticing that more and more people are using social media platforms, especially Twitter as a means of venting their personal frustrations or grievances. I am not talking about mentioning that you are having a bad hair day or a fashion meltdown, more the act of ripping someone to shreds on the world-wide web! In my opinion this is a rather dangerous practice because as with the spoken word once you have said it or in this case Tweeted it you cannot take it back.

Although social media has become a very powerful networking tool we do need to be responsible how we use it and what we put out there! Shall we call it – displaying a bit of social etiquette.

Please don’t get me wrong I am not claiming complete innocence in this matter and I am aware that there are other social networking practices that are as annoying but it has made me realise as with other things in life, there are social consequences.

As with other forms of negative speech I am setting out to banish it from my social networking practices. If it is neither constructive or helpful, in my opinion, it is not worthy of being written! I am aware that there will certainly be people who will disagree with me on this and probably tweet about but c’est la vie!

Happy Friday and Tweet on!

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Be Inspired, Blog Hops, Inspired Living Blog Hop, Websites

Inspired Living Blog Hop

Blog Hop

I have decided to create an Inspired Living Blog Hop on my blog! All you need to do is link a post from your blog that is inspirational, it can be style inspiration or creative inspiration, something to inspire others – you chose! Just enter your details on the linky tool below and follow the instructions. Be sure to link a blog post and not your home page.

Once you have linked up remember to be friendly and follow some of the other bloggers that have entered the hop! You can also follow my Super Mom Blog on Facebook or Twitter to keep up to date with other Blogs Hops in the future! Leave a comment below the post so that I can follow you back.

Please grab my button to paste in your post that you link up – thanks for linking with me! 🙂




		
		
Children, Education, Family, Lifestyle, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Websites
How safe is the internet for our children?


How Safe is the Internet


As a parent you would certainly not allow your child to hop on a train or bus unaccompanied and travel into unknown territory where they could encounter unsavoury characters and be exposed to potentially harmful situations. Then it may also be safe to assume that you would not allow your child to roam cyber space unsupervised? We cannot deny that computers and the internet have become part of our everyday lives but in the same breath we as parents need to be responsible for our children’s exposure to this technological world.


 


As a family we are quite computer or tech orientated but as with the monitoring of TV, it is our responsibility to ensure that our children are protected and aware of the potential dangers of exposing themselves to the digital world out there. I think that firstly you need to monitor the amount of time children spend on the computer and the internet, give them set parameters to adhere to and set consequences if these are not met. It is also important to encourage children to spend time outdoors, not just focused on a screen for hours on end! Most importantly, as with television, make sure that you have parental control software installed, on your home or child’s computer. Installing software like K9 Web Protection is essential and the best way to ensure your children are safe from potential online predators or exposure to unsuitable web content.


 


I feel that it is important to implement these measures early on, as soon as your children are computer literate. You will be amazed at how tech savvy children are, even from preschool age and just how easy it is to innocently stumble upon unsavoury content. In my mind the best policy is not to take any chances, install the necessary software and educate your children about the internet, as soon as they are old enough to understand. Making them aware of the fact that it is not safe to give out their personal details over the web.


According to stats from K9 Web Protection, one in four children have unwanted exposure to inappropriate pictures each year and nine of ten children aged 8-16 have viewed pornography on the Internet, often in the process of doing homework.


I also feel that exposure to Social networking sites, like Twitter and Facebook should be held off for as long as possible, young children are not mature enough to understand the potential threats that they may be exposed to by using these sites.


So most importantly, we as parents, need to beware of what our children are doing when it comes to internet and computer usage and keep the line of communication open at all times, so that they will feel free to ask questions at any time.


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