Bombarding young mice with video and audio stimulation changes the way the brain develops. But some scientists think those sorts of brain changes could protect kids from stressing out in a busy world. Source: TV And Videogames Rewire Young Brains, For Better And Worse : Shots – Health News : NPR I have four-year-old twins-…
For most young people who’ve never met someone from another race or faith, going online confirms their worst fears about the world. Source: A Boy and His Internet – The New York Times
Awwww . . . Facebook melts your heart. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-cyber-idUSKCN0XV1O7?mod=djemCIO_h Edited with BlogPad Pro
But liberty is a completely empty ideal if we are free to act only when our conception of our interests coincides with those of experts, medical and otherwise. If we are entitled to choose on our own behalf—or on our children’s behalf—only when we are deemed rational, and rationality is defined to mean a…
Today’s teens and tweens are constantly connecting — to TV, computers, smartphones and tablets. Kids between 8 and 12 report spending an average of 4.5 hours a day in front of a screen, while teenagers spend more than 6.5 hours a day, not including school or homework. Judy Woodruff learns more about a new study…
Franchising a Student Digital Privacy Law – NYTimes.com.
Pearson Under Fire for Monitoring Students’ Twitter Posts – NYTimes.com.
Children and Digital Privacy – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com.
“The reason teens are such avid early adopters isn’t that they have an innate knowledge of tech—it’s that they aren’t afraid to break it.Teens think, “How can I test and experiment and bend this thing to my will, and make it do what I want?” says Pew Research Center’s Amanda Lenhart, who studies how youths…
Pssst . . . Little girl, want a virtual cheeseburger? Food companies are targeting children with mobile apps despite some similar advertisements barred from children’s TV. Can you say COPPA?
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