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The Great Shift: Childhood Did Not Move Online Overnight
The Great Shift: Childhood Did Not Move Online Overnight My generation, Gen X, has had the unique experience of growing up almost completely offline, watching the evolution of technology unfold in real time, and now living in an always-connected world. We remember what life felt like before everything had a screen, a password, a profile,…
Kik, Kids, and Online Predators: Why This App Still Matters
Kids need to understand why private messaging with strangers is different from talking to friends. They need to understand why usernames, anonymous profiles, hidden chats, disappearing messages, and secretive conversations can create danger.
Your Child May Not Use ChatGPT, But They Are Still Growing Up With AI
Parents do not need to become AI experts overnight, but we do need to start changing the conversation.
Let Them Be Little: Beauty Trends, Social Media, and Childhood
Now we have new terms entering the world that parents need to understand. Two of them are “Sephora kids” and “cosmeticorexia.”
Attention Residue: Are We Raising Kids Who Never Fully Focus?
I think kids are growing up practicing divided attention almost constantly. They are learning inside environments where it feels normal to bounce between five things at once. Even boredom rarely lasts more than a few seconds before a device fills the silence. The concern is not simply that kids are distracted. The concern is that sustained focus may slowly start feeling unnatural to them.
When the Chatbot Sounds Like a Professional: AI, Trust, and Abstraction Drift
Recently, TechCrunch reported that Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor.
Cognitive Offloading: Are Kids Handing Their Thinking Over to Technology?
“Just Google it” has quickly become “just ask AI.” The concern is not that kids are using tools. The concern is that they may be handing over important thinking skills before those skills have had time to develop.