Topic
Healthy habits with screens, kids, and family life.
Many parents want to talk to their children about the digital world but feel stuck before they begin. Not because they don’t care — but because no one taught us how. Starting these conversations doesn’t require perfect words or full explanations. It begins with availability, calm, and permission to ask. Digital parenting isn’t one big talk — it’s a relationship that grows with the child.
Feb 20, 2026
You can block the apps. You can limit screen time. You can lock down your Wi-Fi. But parental controls don’t follow your child to the sleepover. In a world where children encounter the internet through friends, borrowed phones, and shared screens, digital safety cannot rely on settings alone. What children carry with them into those spaces isn’t a filter — it’s the conversations, values, and trust we’ve built at home.
Feb 6, 2026
Dear Uganda, welcome back from the naughty corner. Not fully free, not fully connected — just back in bits. TVs were on, radios were loud, but timelines went quiet. In the silence, something unexpected happened: meals were eaten without scrolling, conversations stretched longer, and many of us realized how tired we are from being constantly online. It wasn’t applause for a shutdown — it was a reminder that digital habits matter too.
Jan 19, 2026
Election season does strange things to the internet. WhatsApp groups wake up, everyone knows someone who “works somewhere,” and official-looking notices begin circulating faster than context. This piece explores how disinformation now arrives calmly and convincingly, why panic spreads faster than facts during elections, and how staying informed doesn’t mean staying anxious — it means slowing down, verifying, and choosing not to forward fear.
Jan 9, 2026
Before we learned to journal our thoughts, we learned to screenshot them. From WhatsApp aunties to office group chats, screenshots have become our digital receipts — proof that we saw, heard, and survived it. But behind every cropped image and forwarded chat lies a story about trust, privacy, and control. Here’s a witty, Ugandan reflection on how screenshots both protect and poison our digital lives.
Oct 24, 2025
