Sarah Harris, Daily Mail If you’ve ever checked your smartphone for an email while carving the Sunday roast, it’s not just your fingers you’re putting at risk. Children are picking up technology obsession from parents and that is beginning to […]
Madhumita Murgia, The Telegraph A global study by OECD finds that more digital devices in schools does not equal better performance Computers do not noticeably improve school children’s academic results and can even hamper performance, according to a report that […]
Carolyn Gregoire, HuffingtonPost Should parents ban smartphones from their kids’ rooms at night? It’s probably a good idea, according to new research. Why? Because more than 20 percent of teenagers say they “almost always” wake up during the night to check […]
BY DON REISINGER, PCMAG.COM South Korea’s attempts to keep children safe by requiring parents to monitor their kids with apps may be falling short, according to new research. Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab found that an Android-based […]
Does this situation sound familiar? Your child finishes his homework and wants nothing more than to play his new XBOX game. About 45 minutes into playing, you walk up and calmly suggest he go […]
By Deborah Bach, Science Daily For more than half a century, scientists have studied how the surface of the body is mapped in parts of the brain associated with touch. That research has focused largely on “body maps” that show […]
Brain scans may be able to predict which kids are likely to improve their math skills in school and which ones are not, and they do it better than IQ or math tests, researchers reported Tuesday. The researchers have been […]
A new study showing that people with autism display higher levels of creativity has been welcomed by campaigners, who say it helps debunk a myth about people with learning disabilities. Scientists found that people with the developmental condition were far […]
Wondering if it’s time give your son or daughter a smartphone? We don’t blame you. It only makes sense that you’d want that kind of 24/7 connectivity with your child. Plus, a lot of kids have them. Unfortunately, smartphone use […]
School holidays mean that most children have lots more free time – and for many that will mean extra hours spent on social media or just surfing the internet. That’s great for education and entertainment – but using social media […]
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