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Technology Bans in Schools: Do They Really Improve Learning and Mental Health?

More schools than ever are banning or restricting student cellphone use—but do these technology bans actually work?

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Kids Using AI: What Parents Need to Know (Benefits, Risks & How to Keep Kids Safe)

From ChatGPT-powered homework help to AI friends that text back, kids are using AI more than ever, and often in ways parents don’t see.

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10 Smart Boundaries to Set Around Screens (That Kids Respect)

Screen time battles can leave parents drained and kids frustrated. Should you allow more? Cut back? Set some screen time boundaries to manage it better? The truth is, screens aren’t going anywhere—and neither are kids’ big feelings about them. On Good Inside with Dr. Becky, educator Ash Brandon (aka The Gamer Educator) shared a powerful …

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A New Take on Screen Time: The Reframe Every Parent Needs to Hear

If you’re a parent, chances are you’ve wrestled with screen time. How much is too much? Is it ruining my kid’s brain? Am I a bad parent for letting them watch TV while I make dinner? On an episode of Good Inside with Dr. Becky, educator and researcher Ash Brandon—better known as The Gamer Educator—offers …

The Perfect 90-Minute Work Block Backed by Neuroscience

How to structure a 90-minute deep work session using Dr. Andrew Huberman’s neuroscience-based tools. Boost focus, reduce distractions, and train your brain to love productivity.

ADHD, Technology, and Addiction: How Modern Life Is Changing Our Brains

Learn how technology is reshaping attention spans, increasing ADHD-like traits, and doubling addiction risks — plus science-backed strategies to protect focus in the modern world.

A new set of Instagram rules for teens will go into effect in September 2024 in hopes of reducing the harm of social media use. These restrictions include monitoring of topics, recipients, and more from the parent account and will decrease topics that might be harmful to kids.

New Instagram Rules for Teens: Will This Fix The Social Media Problem?

A new set of Instagram rules for teens will go into effect in September 2024 in hopes of reducing the harm of social media use. These restrictions include monitoring of topics, recipients, and more from the parent account and will decrease topics that might be harmful to kids.

Home Security Trends EVERY Consumer Should Be Thrilled About

Home security is evolving every day. Trends come and go. But here are 7 home security trends we believe will impact the industry and users for years to come.

How Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘23 Hours To Kill’ Comedy Special Will Make You Question The Way You Engage With Technology

Here Are Five Incredible and Witty Insights In Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘23 Hours To Kill’ Comedy Special Uncovers That Will Make You Question Your Relationship With Technology...

Please, Look Up at Me

It’s as if our children are constantly having to compete for our attention, only it’s not another human being their competing against—it’s a device.

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Best Phones and Communication Devices For Kids To Call and Text With Limited Use On Everything Else!

There are countless phones and communication devices for kids to call and text. But how do you know which ones are the right fit for your kids?

How to be a Tech Gift Holiday Hero for Tweens

The holidays are right around the corner.  Here are some of the best tech products designed as first devices for tweens in 2019

Instagram Likes May Disappear for Good—Here’s Why We’re Liking It

When double-tapping actually translates into empty experiences and teenage depression, “like” isn’t the word I’d use for it.

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Technology Addiction: You’re Hooked And It’s Affecting Your Health

Here’s what every parent should know about the health effects of a technology addiction. Plus: The questions you MUST ask to uncover your relationship with technology.

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Time for a Digital Detox: Tips for Reducing Screen Time

We explore why reducing screen time is beneficial plus give you 8 incredible useful tips you can implement right now.

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Social Media and Depression: The Toxic Comparison Paradox Problem

Does social media cause depression? Is there a link between the two? We aim to discover all the intricacies this problem presents for our families.

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Screen Time Rules for Your Family

How you can create screen time rules for your family in as little as 20 minutes even if the all the fancy apps and internet filters haven't worked.

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Screen Time for Toddlers: What You Need To Know

Even if you've tried before and failed, these easy steps will help you significantly reduce your toddler's screen time without all the kicking and screaming.

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Instagram Rolls Out New Anti Bullying Features

Privacy and anti-bullying tools are great. But it’s important to know that no setting is going to protect a child 100%.

Childhood, No Return

His mom set up an account for him with strict parental controls, but Noah somehow forgot the password. He made a new account instead. No parental controls. He’s been meaning to tell his mom.

Here’s What Happened to My 13-Year-Old MINUTES After Signing Up for Instagram

Spoiler Alert: It WASN'T PG-13.

Video Games May Not CAUSE Violence, But Are They Helping?

Video games have been “proven” not to cause violent crimes…but is causality all that matters here?

FaceApp is a Lesson in Reading the Fine Print

Is your social newsfeed full of old people? Thanks to FaceApp, your friends and many of your favorite celebrities have shared photos of them looking many years older and wiser. Now, after more careful inspection of the FaceApp Terms of Use, people are losing their minds. And rightly so.

Don’t Overlook Gen Z’s Creative Edge

This is the potential that exists for Gen Z to use technology in a powerful way.

What You Need to Know About Screen Time Before Bed

Exposure to blue light before bed resets our natural circadian rhythms, telling our brains, in no uncertain terms, to WAKE UP.

Schooling Was for the Industrial Era, Unschooling Is for the Future

We've entered a new era, the Imagination Age, so why are we still schooling kids like we did in the 19th Century?

In the Wake of Mass Shootings, Parents Reconsider Mass Schooling

Parents who remove their children from the confines of the conventional classroom are not running away from reality. They are running towards it.


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