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Incase you missed this news, catch it and others stories making headlines on our recent blog post – https://eveminet.co.ke/reflecting-on-a-transformative…/

Further to this, as a Trust and Safety Specialist and a Digital Learning Leader with the curiosity of a 13 YO, I decided to do several things that I would like to share:

 

1. I created a Roblox account as a 10 year old, and my children were so excited I am on Roblox they were showing me around calling me a “newbie” and using words like “bro that’s such a “rookie” mistake … Truth be told, I am a rookie on those streets so I ate that humble pie and downed it with some water. Back to it, the purpose for me joining these game was two fold, one I needed to immerse myself in my children’s space to feel how it feels and also to see what is so exciting and to be honest the dopamine I got from paying some games was as similar as that of doom scrolling on TikTok or Instagram … (our cups of tea).

The other reason was to set up the new parental control features and use that opportunity build on our online safety conversations .. I must brag that it went pretty well with no resistance, because I came down to their level they were able to connect and I was relatable.

2. I created an account on CharaterAI and began chatting the AI chat bot, this time as a teenager asking all manner of questions like “what can I do with this annoying pimple on my face” to show me how to go incognito on certain sites, to tell me how to date etc … that’s been, hmmmmm interesting.

3. Just this morning, ha ha I asked chat GPT to and I quote “Create an image of what you think I look like and describe the image for me.”

First this is after asking same AI to “roast me based on my searches which was hilarious … Anyway here is the response I got:

“I don’t know your physical appearance, but I can create an image based on the impression you’ve given: a professional, approachable, and innovative educator and business leader passionate about digital wellbeing and sustainability. Would you like me to create an image emphasising these attributes, or can you share a few physical features to personalise it further?”

So I added I am a Kenyan, (this could have implications you know, but let’s bite the bullet.)

The response.

Here’s the image depicting a Kenyan mother who embodies professionalism, approachability, and innovation as an educator. It reflects her dual role as a nurturing parent and a leader in digital wellbeing and sustainability. The background and details emphasize a balance of education, technology, and eco-consciousness. Let me know if you’d like adjustments!

The image is attached.

Now, this is what my curiosity has led me to, I am going all in and will be sharing what I find alone the way.

My questions to you, when you get to read some interesting to frightening news and incidents:

1. How do you process said information?

2. What do you do with it?

3. What safeguards do you apply if any? Kindly share we can all learn new strategies.

4. How do you implement them ..

One of the promises I made as an intentional parent is to go down to the level of the children and seek to understand them so that they can intern understand me/us.

Raising digital natives with the digital generational gap, curiosity “won’t” kill the cat, embrace it so you can learn new things, unlearn what is not working and most importantly – relearn.

Dear parents, guardians and educators, we must do things differently we need to change our mindsets we must define our VALUES and we must enforce and re-enforce them all through our parenting.

If your parenting hand is as hard as still, get a velvet glove so that your firmness (because we need to be firm) builds and doesn’t injure or break ..

Have a great one and remember to be safe !!