This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. A few days ago I talked to Ava, an Indiana fifth-grader, on the phone. I mean ...
Walk into nearly any American school this fall and you’ll see a striking trend: phones are gone. Locked pouches. Classroom baskets. Outright bans. Three out of four U.S. public schools now prohibit ...
In 2007, the iPhone was announced for the first time. Life has not been the same for us modern humans since, and life has never been more difficult for parents of children who get to the age where ...
And while technology itself should not be seen as all bad or good, a deeper understanding of how children are watching, playing and doing things with digital tools is necessary. This article is ...
The operative word in raising healthy children in this often-times unhealthy digital world they are growing up in is balance. A nutritional analogy works well here. A balanced nutritional diet doesn’t ...
Millennial and Gen Z Parents seem to be tested in ways that previous generations have never encountered regarding technology. The question isn't whether kids will eventually use devices but which type ...
Back-to-back verdicts against Meta and Google’s YouTube sent a warning shot to Big Tech this week, marking the first time ...
Picture this: It’s Saturday morning, and the year is 1995. Mom and Dad are in the kitchen with the radio on, throwing Pop-Tarts in the toaster. The children are outside, running through the sprinkler, ...
Connecticut legislators introduced a package of technology bills, including proposed regulations on facial recognition technology, children's use of social media and artificial intelligence. The state ...
Today, kids are using technology more than ever. While there are many benefits to this, there are equally as many concerning elements, such as bad actors, and exposure to obscene content that can ...