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The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected
The New York Times - By NELLIE BOWLES
The parents in Overland Park, Kan., were fed up. They wanted their children off screens, but they needed strength in numbers. First, because no one wants their kid to be the lone weird one without a phone.
Cyberspace
Fortnite: I’ll Pass On the V-Bucks
theparentcue.org - Amy Fenton
The SagaIf you have any contact with a kid over age 8, I’m sure you have heard of Fortnite. If not, simply say that word around a kid and you will …
George Washington
‘Bare Minimum Parenting’ defends laid-back approach to kids
New York Post - By Eric Spitznagel
When a Missouri mom’s 16-year-old son was cut from his school’s varsity soccer team last month, she filed a lawsuit, claiming discrimination. The suit …
Tweens
Group texts are the new cliques for teens and tweens
Mashable - Beth Swanson
Welcome to Small Humans, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of – and deal with – the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock …
Education
The Backlash Against Screen Time at School
The Atlantic - Rob Waters
Combining education and technology is great—until it's not. Four years ago, Paul France left a teaching job in the Chicago suburbs to move to San Francisco and be part of the so-called personalized-learning
Cancer
Child screen time now linked to 12 deadly cancers and short-sightedness, warn scientists
The Telegraph - By Laura Donnelly and Sarah Knapton
The toll that technology is taking on children’s health was laid bear today in two major reports that linked screen time to 12 deadly cancers and short-sightedness. A global review by the World Cancer
Juul
A Deep Dive into Juul's Bizarre Plan to Teach Students About Vaping
VICE - Allie Conti
This is embarrassing. In the 1980s, Philip Morris and Reynolds were in a battle for new (read: young and healthy) customers that ended with Reynolds importing the cartoon character Joe Camel from Europe.
eCigarettes
Juul Is So Hot It’s Set the Vaping Debate on Fire
Bloomberg
The Juul e-cigarette was created to help adult smokers quit, according to the company that makes it. Its developers wanted to make the experience of …
Education
Why Millions of Teens Can't Finish Their Homework
The Atlantic - Alia Wong
The push toward technology-focused education overlooks the students who lack the resources needed to complete their assignments. In decades past, students needed little more than paper, pencils, and time
China
The Illusion of Chinese Wealth, Chinese Luxury Goods Consumption and the China Hustle
luxuo.com
Prosperity can be an illusion. While there has been consistent (and mostly breathless) commentary on the massive wealth in China’s market, …
High School
How High Schools Shaped American Cities
The Atlantic - Amy Lueck
Public education and its traditions united communities. But “school choice” could put that legacy at risk. In 2016, shortly after she was appointed to the position, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
Design Thinking
Kids aren’t failing school–school is failing kids
Fast Company - By Eillie Anzilotti
For many kids, what they learn in high school isn’t preparing them for success in college or in their career. A new report delves into how our education system is letting them down. Work hard in school,
Brides
Fewer Sex Partners Means a Happier Marriage
The Atlantic - Olga Khazan
People who have had sex with fewer people seem to be more satisfied after they tie the knot. Is there hope for promiscuous romantics? If you are on the proverbial market, as you rack up phone swipes, dates,
News (U.S.)
The Real Reasons Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Wanted Khashoggi ‘Dead or Alive’
The Daily Beast - Christopher Dickey
PARIS — The mind plays strange tricks sometimes, especially after a tragedy. When I sat down to write this story about the Saudi regime’s homicidal …
Opinion
It's getting harder to talk about God
dallasnews.com
More than 70 percent of Americans identify as Christian, but you wouldn't know it from listening to them. An overwhelming majority of people now say …
Blue Ridge Mountains
'Toxic Christianity': the evangelicals creating champions for Trump
Guardian US - Harriet Sherwood in Lynchburg, Virginia
Three times a week, 15,000 students stream into the Vines Center, a huge silver-domed building on the campus of Liberty University for “convocation”, an intoxicating mix of prayer, political rally and
Education
Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Closed Colleges
Forbes - Josh Moody
In a higher education environment beset by political controversies, dwindling public trust, soaring costs, and increasing competition from alternatives to college, some schools are struggling to survive.
Pew Research Center
What Is the Future of Getting Kids to Soccer Practice?
The Atlantic - Joe Pinsker
A slew of small, Uber-like companies have launched in recent years, offering parents a way to outsource their daily driving. If only children were allowed to drive, they could get from home to school piano
Higher Education
The case that will destroy affirmative action in higher education
The Washington Post
By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer Right now in Boston, a federal court is hearing a dramatic case about whether Harvard University discriminates
Sexual Harassment
5 ways parents can help kids understand consent and prevent sexual assault
The Washington Post - By Richard Weissbourd, Alison Cashin
While sexual assault has many complex causes, one clear factor is young people’s comprehension of — or confusion about — what constitutes appropriate, consensual sex. Boys and young men in particular a
Career Development
The Real Benefits of Being Bored
valetmag.com - The Valet. staff
Boredom. You've known it since you were a kid and whined, "I'm booooorrred." And you likely hate the feeling. Because it's not exactly pleasant, …
Long-form Journalism
The untold story of Stripe, the secretive $20bn startup driving Apple, Amazon and Facebook
Wired UK - Stephen Armstrong
On a hot summer’s day in a lush, green Cairo garden just a stone’s throw from the Nile, 29-year-old Mostafa Amin is talking about bread. He’s …
Technology
Google is giving parents a toolkit to educate kids on internet safety
Engadget - AJ Dellinger
The company is also giving out $1,000 grants to parent organizations for online safety workshops. Google and the National Parent Teacher Association are joining forces to help educate parents and kids
Social Media
Underage children could be blocked from using social media sites
The Telegraph - By Charles Hymas
Under-aged children could be barred from social media as part of a government crackdown on access to porn. New regulations, laid before Parliament, give Britain’s chief censor new powers to close down
Real Estate
10 years later: How the housing market has changed since the crash
Chicago Tribune - Michele Lerner
Flashback to fall 2008 and you'll remember the free fall the U.S. economy experienced. At the heart of it was the collapse of the housing market. If you were house hunting before the crash, you could between
Data Visualization
Alarms Multiply Across Commercial Real Estate as Party Rages On
Bloomberg
Janet Yellen recorded the warning a day before stepping down as Federal Reserve chair in February: Commercial real estate prices look strikingly …
Social Work
The Little College Where Tuition Is Free and Every Student Is Given a Job
The Atlantic - Adam Harris
Berea College, in Kentucky, has paid for every enrollee’s education using its endowment for 126 years. Can other schools replicate the model? There’s a small burst of air that explodes from every clap.
Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party
The Atlantic - Tom Nichols
The Kavanaugh confirmation fight revealed the GOP to be the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs. This article was updated on Sunday, October 7 at 2:56 Unlike
More cellphone use by children could mean more bullying — online and offline
The Washington Post - By Elizabeth Englander
Each year, more parents send their young child to elementary school equipped with a smartphone. For instance, the percentage of third-graders who reported having their own cellphone more than doubled 19
Teachers were concerned that my son plays alone at recess. Here’s why I’m okay with it.
The Washington Post - By Gia Miller
“He often plays alone,” my son’s teacher said in that soft, calm voice reserved for those who teach preschool. I shifted, trying to get comfortable in a tiny chair at a tiny table built for 4-year-olds.

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The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected

Fortnite: I’ll Pass On the V-Bucks

‘Bare Minimum Parenting’ defends laid-back approach to kids

Group texts are the new cliques for teens and tweens

The Backlash Against Screen Time at School

Child screen time now linked to 12 deadly cancers and short-sightedness, warn scientists

A Deep Dive into Juul's Bizarre Plan to Teach Students About Vaping

Juul Is So Hot It’s Set the Vaping Debate on Fire

Why Millions of Teens Can't Finish Their Homework

The Illusion of Chinese Wealth, Chinese Luxury Goods Consumption and the China Hustle

How High Schools Shaped American Cities

Kids aren’t failing school–school is failing kids

Fewer Sex Partners Means a Happier Marriage

The Real Reasons Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Wanted Khashoggi ‘Dead or Alive’

It's getting harder to talk about God

'Toxic Christianity': the evangelicals creating champions for Trump

Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Closed Colleges

What Is the Future of Getting Kids to Soccer Practice?

The case that will destroy affirmative action in higher education

5 ways parents can help kids understand consent and prevent sexual assault

The Real Benefits of Being Bored

The untold story of Stripe, the secretive $20bn startup driving Apple, Amazon and Facebook

Google is giving parents a toolkit to educate kids on internet safety

Underage children could be blocked from using social media sites

10 years later: How the housing market has changed since the crash

Alarms Multiply Across Commercial Real Estate as Party Rages On

The Little College Where Tuition Is Free and Every Student Is Given a Job

Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party

More cellphone use by children could mean more bullying — online and offline

Teachers were concerned that my son plays alone at recess. Here’s why I’m okay with it.