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China is escalating its war on kids’ screen time

What Beijing’s new restrictions on child internet use mean for privacy protection. By  August 9, 2023 STEPHANIE ARNETT/MITTR | GETTY, ENVATO This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Two years ago, parents around the world likely looked at […]

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Apple’s New Child Safety Technology Might Harm More Kids Than It Helps

Features designed to guard against sexual abuse carry the potential for unintended consequences Recently, Apple released three new features designed to keep children safe. One of them, labeled “Communication safety in Messages,” will scan the iMessages of people under 13 to identify and blur sexually explicit images, and alert parents if their child opens or sends

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Screen time linked with developmental delays in toddlerhood, study finds

Screen time at age 1 has been linked with developmental delays in toddlerhood.Thanasis Zovoilis/Digital Vision/Getty Images Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being.CNN —  Handing your baby a phone or tablet to play with may seem

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New report reveals the dangers of virtual reality for young children

A new report is raising concerns about the metaverse and how safe new virtual reality technology really is for children. March 24, 2022, 9:25 AM EDT By Danielle Campoamor A new report is raising concerns about Meta’s virtual reality technology and the dangers the company’s metaverse may pose to children. Common Sense Media, a nonprofit offering

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THE IMPACT OF ATHLETE ROLE MODELS ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND SPORTS PARTICIPATION

May 3, 2023 | Athlete role models By Vasilia Polycarpou, The Sports Financial Literacy Academy Athletes have always been seen as role models in society, due to the values sports participation represents. Sports are seen as a physically and mentally healthy stress outlet, with participants being encouraged to express and improve not only their physical state but also

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Rescuing College Sports From Its Economic And Moral Abyss

Andrew Zimbalist Contributor I write about the challenges in the business of sports.Follow Aug 10, 2020,10:27am EDT Listen to article9 minutes Big-time college sports, already skating on thin ice financially, is being hit by a triple tsunami: NIL reform, the Black Lives Matter movement and the coronavirus pandemic. Prior to this trifecta, almost all schools’ athletics

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