Young children's lives are increasingly spent indoors. They have less access to green spaces, their parents are concerned about safety, and there's also the draw of digital entertainment. This shift ...
When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear. We expected some to tell us they were using it to cheat a little, the way Millennials and Gen Xers ...
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 ...
Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Imagine a six-year-old Sam carefully positions her myFirst Camera Insta 20, her tiny fingers deftly adjusting the angle to capture her ...
The cover of "10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World" and author Jean Twenge. (Courtesy of Atria Books and Pam Davis) For parents raising their kids in the age of phones, social media and the ...
Parents have been steering their children into science and technology fields for so long that some of those kids are grown with little ones of their own. Their advice? Careers in the humanities, arts ...
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 ...
Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. October ...
The holidays bring big expectations for parents. Whether aiming to simply delight your child or really wow them, a flashy tech product can seem like the fastest way to make their holiday dreams come ...