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Life Online January 18, 2024
LEGO Fortnite, Snapchat Deaths, and Some Good Tech News for a Change
Cyber Kidnappings, Falling Test Scores, and Legal Battles Over Kids’ Online Safety
Each week this year we’ll be gathering the most important tech-safety news and laying it out in short, digestible chunks. […]
January 11, 2024
Smartphones & Depression: My Son’s Story
My son took his life on September 10, 2016. I’d later discover a cruel bit of irony in that: September […]
December 20, 2023
How Smartphones Affect The Developing Brain
After twenty years of research on how technology affects children’s development, you’d think nothing would shock me. But when I […]
December 20, 2023
Kids and Technology — How Children Have Used Tech in the Past and Today
How we define technology has evolved over the centuries — what we find commonplace today was once high-tech and innovative. […]
December 12, 2023
What Does an Explicit Content Warning Mean?
If you’re an avid music streamer, you’ve probably seen a little “E” next to the title of a new song. […]
December 5, 2023
In-App Purchases: What are they?
During the early years of online shopping, many were hesitant to make purchases for fear of their credit card information […]
November 27, 2023