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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Kits and Pieces: why STEM kits for kids are about play rather than just education

Kits and Pieces: why STEM kits for kids are about play rather than just education

Harry Potter and Marvel’s Avengers are among the famous characters taking on a new adventure: helping children learn computer-programming…
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On Starlink, STEM and swoopy space-shooting thrills for families

On Starlink, STEM and swoopy space-shooting thrills for families

Can an action-packed console game that involves swooping across planets shooting enemies, scanning aliens and investigating ancient…
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