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A kids' guide to phone-free fun, from the author of 'The Anxious Generation"
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (617+ words) Jonathan Haidt's 2024 book made the case that screen time had "rewired" kids' brains. The Amazing Generation is a collab with science journalist Catherine Price and graphic novelist Cynthia Yuan Cheng. A kids' guide to phone-free fun, from the author of…...
Davidson school board member calls for removal of 'sexually explicit content' from libraries
2+ week, 5+ day ago (150+ words) A Davidson County Board of Education member is calling for the removal of books he says are "age-inappropriate" from the district's libraries. At a meeting this week, Board Member Mur DeJonge left his regular seat to speak to his colleagues…...
It's Been a Minute explores the pressures, fear, and shame in modern parenting
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (114+ words) From health advice to educational decisions, modern child-rearing can come with a culture of fear that preys on new parents. But there are ways to lessen the pressure and shame around raising kids. It's Been a Minute explores the pressures,…...
Rising temperatures could have a chilling impact on young children
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (749+ words) Young children really struggle in the heat. Their bodies are too small to cool down by sweating, like adults. And they're wholly reliant on grown-ups to find any kind of relief, be it air conditioning or shade or a cool…...
A recap of the two-day meeting of vaccine advisers to the CDC
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (267+ words) Vaccine advisers to the CDC took action on vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B and questioned the overall childhood vaccination schedule and ingredients that boost some vaccines' potency. A recap of the two-day meeting of vaccine advisers to the CDC…...
For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (692+ words) One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who die before they hit their 5th birthday dropped by half " from nearly 10 million deaths a year to under 5 million deaths…...
Finding little mental health support for the Chinese community, these UNC students created their own
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (634+ words) In the days following the fatal shooting that killed UNC-Chapel Hill professor Zijie Yan in 2023, undergraduate student Mairui "Merry" Li recalled feeling frustrated with the lack of support and outreach to the Chinese academic community. The alleged shooter is Tailei…...
Parents mobilize to help each other amid lingering immigration concerns
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (625+ words) Over the course of a week, Jana Schaefer's house has become a hive of volunteer activity. A spare room on the first floor is a fully functioning food pantry, stocked with donated canned goods, diapers and baby formula. Bulging bags…...
Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (279+ words) A nonprofit children's safety organization, Fairplay, is urging gift givers to avoid buying AI toys for children this holiday season, according to an advisory issued on Thursday. Fairplay, along with other child and consumer advocacy groups, say these toys " playthings…...
Are college students getting too many A's?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (278+ words) Harvard University officials have recently raised the alarm on grade inflation. More than 60% of grades awarded to students have been A's. That's up 25% from two decades ago. Are college students getting too many A's? Harvard University officials have recently raised…...