"Think of the whole child, not just their ears"
There is a fierce debate raging in the deaf community......»»
Cash transfer proposal has downsides for child poverty
A proposal to provide monthly payments to most U.S. parents, similar to those under the pandemic relief program, would likely worsen poverty for children of single mothers, a study has found......»»
Lead as a social determinant of child and adolescent physiological stress and behavior
Lead is an environmental neurotoxicant that causes neurocognitive deficits and cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. It also disproportionately affects socially disadvantaged communities. The association between lead exposure and children's IQ has.....»»
Inside the Bitcoin Bust of the Web"s Biggest Child Abuse Site
Chainalysis is a software for tracing cryptocurrency, "to turn the digital underworld's preferred means of exchange into its Achilles' heel," writes Wired. This week they describe what happened when that company's co-founder discovered that for two.....»»
Final Audio ZE3000 review: Doing one thing really well
With awesome sound quality, they'll make your ears happy, as long as you don't mind their missing features......»»
Good parenting evolved multiple times in moss animals
The spindly filaments and coral-like colonies of the ancient phylum of marine animals known as bryozoans likely aren't the first thing that come to mind when you envision safe and protective child care......»»
Driving cultural change throughout Victoria"s child protection system
A new study from Monash University has found partnering and collaborating with mothers to improve family functioning could help reorient Victoria's child protection system and achieve better outcomes for children......»»
Comcast Wanted Man To Pay $19,000 After Falsely Advertising Service On His Street
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: What's it like to spend $10,000 for Internet service and wait six months for Comcast to hook it up? Jonathan Rowny knows the answer. Rowny and his wife and child moved from Virginia to Washington.....»»
State Attorneys General Ask Snap and TikTok To Give Parents More Control Over Apps
A group of attorneys general have asked Snap and TikTok to work more closely with parental control apps and to apply more scrutiny to inappropriate content on their platforms, the latest salvo in a growing fight over child protection between governme.....»»
Researcher aims to alleviate global hunger by deciphering the molecular "language" of plants
As a young child spending time on her grandparents' rice farm in the Philippines, Shelley Lumba grew up understanding the benefits of the Green Revolution—the period in the 1950s and 60s when many technological advances were made in agriculture......»»
Like father, like child: Male parents lead young birds on first migration
GPS tracking of Caspian terns showed that male parents carry the main responsibility for leading young during their first migration from the Baltic Sea to Africa......»»
New study estimates annual cost of incarcerating adults convicted of child sex crimes topped $5.4 billion in 2021
The U.S. government spent an estimated $5.4 billion last year at the state and federal level to incarcerate adults convicted of sex crimes against children under age 18, according to a new study led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health resea.....»»
Yes, the "terrible twos" are full-on, but let"s look at things from a child"s perspective
Meet Eli. He entered the second year of his life with gusto and now, aged 18 months, he is discovering new things every day including ideas he wants to try out immediately. Like, right now. Waiting is not an option......»»
iCub Is Growing Up
It’s a little weird to think that iCub, the first version of which was released in 2008, is now a full-on teenager—after all, the robot was originally designed after a three year old child, and it hasn’t grown all that much. But as it turns ou.....»»
The Best Noise-Canceling Wireless Earbuds
When we listen to music or audio, we like to do it without being interrupted by surrounding noise. The largest and most heavy-duty headphones cover our whole ears while drowning out any ambient sound. However, for those looking for something sleeker,.....»»
Realise your music dreams with a 3-year subscription to Punkademic
TL;DR: A three-year subscription to Punkademic Music eLearning is on sale for £76.02, saving you 86% on list price.It’s easier than ever to make music of your own (thanks, EDM). But if you want your music to be heard by other human ears,.....»»
Has Apple"s "Pro" Branding Lost All Meaning?
Does Apple have a "Pro" problem? "[Y]ears of Apple and competitors slapping the name onto wireless earbuds and slightly fancier phones have made it hard to tell what 'Pro' even means," argues The Verge's Mitchell Clark. It could be the reason behind.....»»
The Best Coding Toys
Toys are a wonderful thing for a growing child or even a child at heart. However, the best toys are the ones that are not only fun, but are also educational and inspire them to be greater. Coding toys fall perfectly into this category, as they are no.....»»
"I just go to school with no food": Why Australia must tackle child poverty to improve educational outcomes
About one in six children in Australia live in poverty. These children generally have poorer educational outcomes than more advantaged children. Our recently published research shows students who live in poverty also experience more social exclusion.....»»
New research sheds light on nature of friction in multi-layered graphene
Graphene, which consists of a single layer of carbon atoms, is the poster child of carbon-based 2D nanomaterials. It has many attractive properties that could be exploited in next-generation electronics, optics, catalysis, biomedicine, and many other.....»»
Reading builds resilience among at-risk kids
As children settle back into a new school year, families are being encouraged to read to their children at home, as new research from the University of South Australia shows that reading aloud can triple a child's resilience at school, particularly f.....»»