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Analyzing a May 22 Study Finding Playing Video Games Makes Kids Smart
A new study following 9-10 year olds says playing video games makes kids smarter! It lacks a lot of information though.
👉 What types of games?
👉 How long per day?
👉Does it make them less healthy or empathetic too?
Articles on Kids, Teens, Cell Phones, Social Media and Mental Health
We're beginning here a repository of media articles on the impact on mental health of kids or teens using cell phones, notably to access social media and YouTube. Meet the parents who refuse to give kids cell phones: May 9, 2022 in The Washington Post For Adriana...
Analyzing a May 22 Study Finding Playing Video Games Makes Kids Smart
A study, published in Nature, May 11, 2022, seems to claim playing video games makes kids smart. The study looked at 9,855 children from the USA who took part in the ABCD study – a long-term study of brain development and health of children in the United States, aged...
Best practices in online teaching
As classes moved online during the Covid pandemic, many teachers moved to giving lectures online, through video conferencing, making "Zoom" a household name in 2021. However, teaching online is very different from delivering the same class given in person, even...
Laws Protecting Children from Poor Quality Screen Time Online ( and Some Failed Attempts)
Governments around the world are crafting or attempt to craft laws to protect children online. We look at online child protection legislation and proposed legislation in France, the UK, California, Canada and the US below since 2018. As we discuss in our remote...
Main Authors
Caroline Isautier
From digital marketing to digital citizenship
Kate Tillezcek
Canada Research Chair on Youth
Hessie Jones
Venture Partner, Matr Ventures, privacy and marketing expert