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Little Cyborgs Leave Their Elders in the Dust When it Comes to Technology
Kids use their phones for much more than just talking. Credit: Getty"I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen."
-- HAL 9000 (from "2001: A Space Odyssey")
...Kids increasingly have mobile devices and -- eek! -- know how to use them.
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Don't Blame the Headphones if Kids Aren't Listening, Study Says
Turns out, teens not listening has little to do with hearing loss from headphones. Credit: Getty Karma is cruel. Well, it ought to be, anyway. It would be more fun. You know all those headphones, earpieces and other assorted ...Karma not as rough on teens' hearing as we might hope.
Dear Santa, Send Your Elves to MIT and Give Us Technology
This doll is fine and all, but I really want an iPad ... Credit: Corbis
There comes a time in the life of every evil genius when he or she is no longer content with a teddy bear or Barbie doll for Christmas.
The little megalomaniac wants -- ...Children of the 21st century want gizmos and gadgets, not dolls and plush toys.
Clue boardgame gets unneccessary update
What is it with the remakes? First every movie we've already seen, then all our favorite television programs (Mister Rogers is around the corner, I'm warning you) and now the boardgames. No, they turned Clue into a movie a long time ago--and it was ...
Turn down that music!
The racket blasting out of those iPod earbuds isn't just annoying innocent bystanders -- there's a serious risk of hearing loss when listening to tunes too loudly. A new study shows that teens know that they're risking damage to their ears with ...
Are we moving closer to a childhood without toys?
Toy manufactures are struggling against more than just recall backlash from weary plaything purchasers, "age compression" is just as dangerous a threat to their livelihood as any lead-based colorant. Age compression is young children desiring items ...
Super V-chip to screen adult content on all your media devices
It can be hard to control what kids are exposed to. Even if you're always in the room while they're watching TV, who knows what you'll stumble upon just flipping through channels -- or what about keeping track of the content they're viewing online, ...
Sometimes, I just want to toss it all
When it comes to pregnancy and parenting, I often find myself encouraging other women not to beat themselves up over things. If you want a coffee while pregnant, drink it. If your kid is begging for that second (or third) pudding cup and it has been ...
Signs of parenthood: the sing-a-long
Every once in a while, something happens or you do something that really kinda just smacks you upside the head and says, "Yep, you're a parent. Get over it." In fact, you know you're pretty far gone when all you want to do is get the kids to stop ...Students find yet another way to cheat: iPods
Gone are the good 'ol days when students would tap out coded messages with their pencils, pass notes, or scribble answers on their arms -- all in an effort to work the system, and cheat on tests. The modern student has been using technology -- first ...No iPod left behind?
I'm always hearing woeful tales of overcrowded classrooms and underpaid teachers, and so when I saw this post at our brother blog Engadget, I was incredulous. Apparently, the State of Michigan House Democrats have proposed a plan that would see free ...
Tweens are the new teens
Have you noticed that kids are growing up much faster these days? That sounds so incredibly cliche, and I feel like next, I should start babbling about how when I was a kid, gum cost less than a dollar and I had to walk for an hour uphill in the snow ...
Halloween costumes for... your child's iPod?
Every student in my son's 8th grade class has an iPod. The boys are mainly interested in filling their gadgets with as much music as possible. I'm sure the girls do this as well, but I also notice that they girls are also quite taken with the many ...
Children's classics recorded as podcasts
Is your child as tech-savvy as mine? ("Mom, I'm going to go to Blogging Baby!" Everett says, clicking on the ducky icon in my hotlink toolbar.) He'll love listening to children's books on your iPod, then. Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing points ...
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