Kids in China Are Using Bots and Engagement Hacks to Look More Popular on Their Smartwatches

In China, parents are buying smartwatches for children as young as 5, connecting them to a digital world that blends socializing with fierce competition.
WNDU

FDA restricts use of kids’ fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to limit the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth, the latest action by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
NPR

Teens who use weed before age 15 have more trouble later, a study finds

Teens who start using cannabis before age 15 are more likely to use the drug often later in their lives. They are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood ...
CBC.ca

WATCH — Want to use AI like a pro? We’ve got you covered

In just a few years, artificial intelligence (better known as AI) has become a big part of everyday life. People are using AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude for everything from study help to ...
Education Week

Kids’ Social Media Use Linked to Lower Reading and Memory Scores, Study Suggests

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...
KWQC

‘You don’t mace kids’: Police use pepper spray on high school football players during end-of-game handshake

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) – Football players from a Missouri high school were pepper sprayed by police at the end of a game against a school in Ohio. Video captured police in Massillon, Ohio, using pepper ...
WBUR

Parents in Maine use landlines to dial back kids' smartphone demands

Standing in the kitchen of her South Portland home, eight-year old Piper Morse picks up a phone to call a friend. "Hi Carly. Whatcha doin?" Piper asks. The two have a lot to discuss: soccer game ...
Connecticut Post

Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research

(THE CONVERSATION) Parents of young children probably recognize the hectic mornings filled with reminding the kids to eat breakfast, brush their teeth and put on their shoes – and hurry up, you’re ...
Redmond Magazine

Dynamically Construct a PowerShell GUI, Part 1

Learn how to use loops and dynamic object naming in PowerShell to build GUI settings interfaces that can adapt as new parameters are added. For the past several months, I have been hard at work ...
Newsweek

ChatGPT Usage Skyrockets as Kids Return to School

Usage of ChatGPT has spiked as children return to school after the summer break. Declines and rises in the number of ChatGPT queries have been heavily correlated with student activity over the past ...