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  • Nadiya Hussain talks anxiety, children, diversity… and why she might run for Prime Minister

    Nadiya Hussain talks anxiety, children, diversity… and why she might run for Prime Minister

    The UK’s next Prime Minister is going to be Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt. Given that fact, you’ll forgive me for drifting off into a happy…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Jul 3, 2019
    Home-schooling your kids due to coronavirus? Here is some advice and resources that may help

    Home-schooling your kids due to coronavirus? Here is some advice and resources that may help

    It’s Wednesday afternoon on the 18th of March as I write this, and here in the UK it’s just been announced that all schools in Scotland…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Mar 18, 2020
    Fabled helps kids write stories — and now it’s collecting them in a book

    Fabled helps kids write stories — and now it’s collecting them in a book

    Parents spend a lot of time thinking about how we can encourage our kids to read more stories, but what about writing them? British…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Jul 9, 2019
    TeArcade Coder kit wants to get kids making games

    TeArcade Coder kit wants to get kids making games

    Games consoles are fun. Board games are fun. So what could be more fun than a ‘programmable game console and board game’ aimed at families…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Sep 2, 2019
    Climate activist Noga Levy-Rapoport challenges children’s media industry

    Climate activist Noga Levy-Rapoport challenges children’s media industry

    “It is time for the media to begin treating this emergency with the severity it deserves… Where are you in this movement? What have you…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Jul 3, 2019
    Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is live — but will it spell joy for children?

    Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is live — but will it spell joy for children?

    It feels like a long time since the announcement of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, an official game set in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Jun 24, 2019
    The fiendish parental loop of banning, then un-banning gaming and screens

    The fiendish parental loop of banning, then un-banning gaming and screens

    It’s half-term here in the UK, and parents up and down the land are already hitting PEAK exasperation point with the screen-time battles…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Feb 19, 2019
    UK’s chief medical officers offer new advice on children’s screen-time

    UK’s chief medical officers offer new advice on children’s screen-time

    Parents looking for authoritative advice on how to manage their children’s use of technology have a new source today: a document published…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Feb 7, 2019
    Dance-music star Marshmello played a concert in Fortnite… to 10m people

    Dance-music star Marshmello played a concert in Fortnite… to 10m people

    In 1993, Rod Stewart played a free concert in Rio de Janeiro, attracting 3.5 million fans – a record equalled four years later by a Jean…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Feb 4, 2019
    Whisper it quietly, but are kids finally getting tired of YouTube?

    Whisper it quietly, but are kids finally getting tired of YouTube?

    Not in my house, judging by the amount of Rocket League highlights videos my nine year-old gets through in the average weekend. But a new…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Feb 4, 2019
    Classic FM and David Walliams team up on classical-music podcast for kids

    Classic FM and David Walliams team up on classical-music podcast for kids

    I’ll be honest: my children’s experience of classical music is basically restricted to that time my nine year-old was part of a…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Jan 21, 2019
    British parents get new guidelines on screen time for kids

    British parents get new guidelines on screen time for kids

    If you’re a parent and screen-time isn’t a point of tension and/or worry in your household, I salute you. A lot of parents — me included —…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Jan 4, 2019
    The Wiggles get a new augmented-reality app with music and face-masks

    The Wiggles get a new augmented-reality app with music and face-masks

    Did you grow up with The Wiggles? If you’re Australian, almost certainly yes: the original group of musicians were huge there in the 1990s…
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    Stuart Dredge
    Oct 26, 2018
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