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How to Use Parental Controls in Your Google, Apple, and Microsoft | WIRED

How to Use Parental Controls in Your Google, Apple, and Microsoft Account Each of the big three offers a wealth of options to limit screen time, find lost devices, and more. PHOTOGRAPH: GETTY IMAGESDEPENDING ON YOUR particular mix of computers … Continue reading

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How to Make YouTube Kids Safer for Your Kids | WIRED

ON FRIDAY, A pediatrician and parenting blogger named Free N. Hess published a post about a series of disturbing videos she found on YouTube Kids, a stand-alone app that is supposed to make it “safer and simpler” for those under … Continue reading

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How (and When) to Limit Kids’ Tech Use – Smarter Living Guides – The New York Times

No one cares more about your child’s well-being and success than you do. In today’s digitally-fueled times, that means guiding him or her not just in the real world but in the always-on virtual one as well. Teach your children … Continue reading

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Forget Screen Time Rules — Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child, Author Says | MindShift | KQED News

The overuse of technology has overtaken drugs, sex and bullying as the biggest parental worry, according to the annual Brigham Young and Deseret News American Family Survey.But what are we actually supposed to be doing about it?Jordan Shapiro, a Temple … Continue reading

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How to Keep Kids From Being Mean Online | EdSurge News

There are endless distractions for kids these days—from games to music and social media. Some are serious and hurtful, too, like bullying. And all of this is amplified online. Ana Homayoun, an author, speaker and school consultant, works with teenagers … Continue reading

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Google’s New Parental Control App Has a Flaw: Puberty – The New York Times

By Brian X. ChenJuly 26, 2017 The only consensus among parents about the right age for a child to have unfettered access to a smartphone is that there is no magic number.But if you sign up for Family Link, which … Continue reading

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I Used Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time (and It Worked!) – The New York Times

By Brian X. ChenJuly 11, 201833 Even as people have embraced the smartphone as one of the most powerful tech products, they are keeping a wary eye on the addictiveness of turning on the device to check for social media … Continue reading

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Facebook Wrote The Book On Addictive UX, And It’s Rewriting It For Kid – Co.Design

BY KATHARINE SCHWAB  6 MINUTE READ In some ways, 2017 feels like the year people began to realize the harm that seemingly harmless technology can do. Misinformation spread like rapid fire, abetted by platforms like Google and Facebook. Research on … Continue reading

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Protecting Students’ Online Privacy in the Classroom | Videos & Interactives | KQED Education

It can be a struggle for schools and teachers to figure out how to balance ed tech learning opportunities and student privacy. Watch our Above the Noise video about cybersecurity, and check out these handy resources for educators. Source: Protecting … Continue reading

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The deactivation effect: What 15 minutes device-free solitude does to your emotions – Research Digest

By Christian Jarrett Psychology research has tended to portray solitude as an unpleasant experience. Studies conducted in the 1970s and 1990s suggested a clear pattern: people usually felt less happy when alone as compared with having company. More recently, researchers … Continue reading

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