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Meta designed platforms to get children addicted, court documents allege
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Gaza civilians, under Israeli barrage, are being killed at historic pace
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China tried to keep kids off social media. Now the elderly are hooked.
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How gender-affirming health care for kids works in Canada
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Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community design
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US Ninth Circuit judge allows social media lawsuit to proceed. Section 230 doesn't automatically protect against liability for platform design defects
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Melatonin use soars among US children, with unknown risks
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Denmark is to restrict the sale of alcohol to under-eighteens and increase the price of suckable nicotine sachets, as their growing popularity is worrying health authorities
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Population decline in Japan has led to more than 8000 public school closures since 2002
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A Meta engineer known as an expert at curbing online harassment saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he’s testifying before the US Congress
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Inspired by online dating, AI tool for adoption matchmaking falls short for vulnerable foster kids
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At a Helsinki nursery, children spend all day in the forest – how outdoor learning benefits children's health and teaches them to value nature
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When foster parents don’t want to give back the baby
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First malaria vaccine slashes early childhood mortality
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Mr Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe | Official trailer
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Meta accused by states of using features to lure children to Instagram and Facebook
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Gaza neonatal unit warns babies at risk 'within minutes' if power fails
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We must not kill Gazan children to try to protect Israel’s children
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Seeking advice from atheist/nonreligious parents: How have you raised your kids to be freethinking amidst a highly religious community and/or extended family?
This question is particularly regarding kids ages 5-12. I've read some great tips, and I'm wondering what you have found to help. Here are a few: Emphasize boundaries with frequent caretakers,...
This question is particularly regarding kids ages 5-12. I've read some great tips, and I'm wondering what you have found to help. Here are a few:
- Emphasize boundaries with frequent caretakers, such as grandparents and neighbors.
- Share science facts, religious traditions, and a variety of creation myths with young kiddos to neutralize Bible stories.
- Talk regularly about your own ethics and values.
- Explain others' beliefs and contextualize those beliefs as part of their culture.
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California public school students will learn about labor rights under first-of-its-kind law
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Incel ideology has entered the mainstream
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'Sports specialization' in young athletes can do more harm than good
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Is this the world's most inconvenient podcast?
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Why are people weird around babies?
I mean, I love my kid, but why do people have such an explosion of emotion when they look at a baby that is not theirs? As if it was something they desire so deeply that they can barely contain...
I mean, I love my kid, but why do people have such an explosion of emotion when they look at a baby that is not theirs? As if it was something they desire so deeply that they can barely contain themselves? And why do they must express this emotion using words like "I wanna bite it", "I can't handle the baby smell!", "I just wanna eat it!", or "Yummy!" like they're the Cookie Monster and my kid is a cookie? Every time someone says those things -- usually women -- I imagine a man saying the same things, and it grosses me out. Why is it okay for women to say those things when a man cannot?
I genuinely feel nothing for babies that are not my own, so it is hard for me to understand.
Mods: please don't move this to ~life. This is meant as a causal conversation and should remain in ~talk. Thanks.
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South Korean teachers seek protection from harassment by students' parents
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US appeals court upholds Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors
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‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content
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Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
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A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy
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The villa where doctors experimented on children
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Should you let babies 'cry it out'? Debate reignited by new study.
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Parents, how do you raise a well-behaved and well-adjusted child?
Aiming this question at parents mostly. I'm about to be a dad in the next week or so and I obviously want to raise my son to be a good person. My father was/is an absent drug addict, so I have a...
Aiming this question at parents mostly.
I'm about to be a dad in the next week or so and I obviously want to raise my son to be a good person. My father was/is an absent drug addict, so I have a good roadmap of "don't." But I saw very little in the way of "do."
Where is the line between being too authoritarian vs too permissive? What are your thoughts on gentle parenting? I don't want to trade "well-behaved" for "well-adjusted" or vice versa.
I'm also open to newborn advice since that's what I'll primarily be dealing with for the next little while, obviously.
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Nebraska woman gets two years in prison for helping teen daughter have an abortion
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Italian senate about to vote on a law that upgrades surrogacy to 'universal crime' would lead to prosecution of foreign acts within Italy
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US mother sentenced to two years in prison by Nebraska for giving daughter abortion pills
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Is Finland the best place in the world to be a parent – Alexandra Topping travels to Helsinki to find out why the UK pre-school system lags so far behind
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Good manners, obedience and unselfishness: data reveals how UK parenting priorities compare with other nations
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Lead poisoning could be killing more people than HIV, malaria, and car accidents combined
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TikTok fined record £300m for putting children’s privacy at risk
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In this Arizona city, kids with autism are more than welcome
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I’m designing a Pokemon-inspired piano ed. book for kids 6-10, and looking for testers
This book uses cartoon mascots assigned to three areas of music training on the keyboard: dexterity skills, reading/writing/listening, and repertoire performance. Each mascot starts off as a cute...
This book uses cartoon mascots assigned to three areas of music training on the keyboard: dexterity skills, reading/writing/listening, and repertoire performance.
Each mascot starts off as a cute lil’ dude and evolves into huge powerful creatures as the child “levels up.” My ultimate vision is a book or book series that utilizes the mascots in figurine form for prize-incentives and mascot videos to offer help and guidance for individual activities.
The first prototype will only feature the books, and I expect to finish it in the next 1-2 months.
I was hoping to get a list of potentially interested parties that would beta-test the book without cost in exchange for feedback/testimonial.
If you’re interested, please send a message through my website— https://alexgoodhart.com/lessons (you won’t see any mention of the book there, but can send your contact info through the inquiry form).
If you’ve any thoughts to share here I’m all ears! Thank you — Alex
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The conservative push for “school choice” has had its most successful year ever
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Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears
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Danish government has apologized to thousands of people with disabilities who were abused in state-run facilities
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Swedish schools minister Lotta Edholm moves students off digital devices and on to books and handwriting, with teachers and experts debating the pros and cons
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Record numbers of children are on the move through Latin America and the Caribbean, UNICEF says
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Grimes and Elon Musk reveal third child, Techno Mechanicus, in new biography
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Did you feel ready to have kids?
How did you become ready to have kids? My wife and I have started to have more serious conversations about having kids and I feel paralyzed at the thought of making a decision one way or another.
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Inside one family's decision to move from Texas to California to protect their transgender teenager
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