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Of course parents want to keep tweens and teens safe. Here’s why you should also encourage them to take risks
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (392+ words) Sometimes we think ‘if it feels scary, it must be unsafe’. But feeling nervous or excited is often part of the experience....
Beyond donating devices: Creating access to digital learning
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (489+ words) In this day and age, we connect, create and gain knowledge through the internet. The Internet has become so entangled with our lives that…Continue reading on Medium » Beyond donating devices: Creating access to digital learning In this day and…...
4 Unintentional Mistakes that Turn Children into Insecure Adults: #3 Comparison.
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (28+ words) In this series, I’ve been uncovering some of the habits that parents adopt with the best of intentions. If you’ve been reading, you know by now that I’m...
Stray Kids Score Their Biggest Sales Week as ‘This & That’ Debuts Atop Albums Chart
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (336+ words) Stray Kids have scored their biggest sales week yet as their latest, “This & That,” becomes their ninth No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The group bows atop the chart with 369,000 equivalent album units, with traditional album sales accounting for 357,000 of that sum....
Youth Have Key Role In Viksit Bharat Journey: Vice-President
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (239+ words) Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan has said the youth have a defining role in India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat @2047 and urged graduates to make “Nation First – Rashtra Pratham” their guiding principle. Addressing the 22nd Convocation-2026 of SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) at…...
Shifa Foundation Concludes Youth Internship Programme
9+ hour, 34+ min ago (391+ words) Published August 16, 2026 | 08:50 PM Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Shifa Foundation Executive Director Dr. Abdul Wahab Hassan said young people did not need to wait for the future to make a difference, adding that they could begin creating positive change today....
The hidden danger in screen time driving a disease surge
6+ hour, 24+ min ago (894+ words) August 17, 2026 — 5:00am It’s not easy avoiding screens in 2026, but Sonia Robertson says she has no choice. The 59-year-old suffers from dry eye disease, a painful and debilitating condition often triggered or exacerbated by device use. “It’s very frustrating emotionally because so…...
9 Things People Raised In The 60s & 70s Would Be Embarrassed Not To Know How To Do
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (651+ words) Because they spent their childhoods fending for themselves and learning to be independent, people raised in the 60s and 70s have basic skills they'd feel embarrassed to not know how to do....
Are classroom screens making children less cognitively capable? Experts are divided
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (405+ words) Jared Cooney Horvath has spent over 15 years studying how people learn, and he says the picture for today’s kids isn’t good. The neuroscientist and former teacher argues that classroom technology is quietly eroding how children think and retain knowledge, according…...
How surrogacy helped my sister and friends | Letters
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (312+ words) Hazel Davis responds to a letter about the regulation and ethics of surrogacy I wish to respond to Lexi Ellingsworth’s letter (Regulation cannot eliminate surrogacy risks, 23 July). I gave birth to a baby for my friends in January. While the…...