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The internet has made parenting very  challenging. It's changing the way we do things at work, business, school, entertainment , family life,  and especially on parenting . Th e pervasiveness of the internet is affecting families in both good and bad ways.  So the question is: As parents are we going to fear it or are we going to embrace it? Photo credit - Samien Hope Jose (my Grandson) I solicited comments on my Facebook page about this topic and got a few responses. Which I'm posting on my blog site. “ Both good and bad. There's more pressure on parent's role in supervising, guiding and disciplining children on the appropriate info or games and time spent ” ...... Auntie Sarah Nono Eguna   ” My two cents on this, I think parents should set the tone on the way they want their family to shape their life especially the children. The word disciplining is a broad term.  It could be based on respective formulated values, values set by your paren...

Mel Fonollera, Blog Writer In classic crime novels where murder is involved, suspects would always point to a scapegoat.  They would always say that the "Butler did it!" The newspaper is dying though slowly like arsenic poisoning.  There would only be one suspect - "the internet" I always arrive at the office early morning at 6.00 am to beat the traffic rush hour. Upon reaching Makati, my place of work, I oftentimes go straight to Jollibee near the corner of Makati Avenue corner Jupiter Street. I prefer to eat breakfast at that fast food because they always have a complementary  "Philippine Star" newspaper.   I'm not worried that I'll run out of the newspaper to read because not many people are actually reading it. The newspapers just stays on the rack with only a few people, mostly mature diners, taking the time to read the newspapers. On some days. I'm the only one reading newspaper. Most of the diners are young people. Photo...