Evidence shows that phones harm children and education. A growing number of schools are paying attention.
Susan Linn
Susan Linn is a writer, psychologist, and lecturer. She is the author of Who’s Raising the Kids: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children.
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Confessions of a Pokémon Go Grinch: Ethical Questions About World’s Most Popular App
The new mobile game poses critical question about privacy, commercialism, and children’s attachment to screens.
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The Trouble With Teletubbies
Jerry Falwell was right: the Teletubbies are insidious, but not because they’re insinuating dubious ideas into the minds of one-year olds. The program is the culmination of PBS’s long drift toward commercialization.
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Sellouts
T he FTC’s recent report on Hollywood’s violation of its own voluntary rating codes had politicians of both parties expressing indignation about how the entertainment industry targets children with violent and indecent material. Both Gore and Bush promised to increase pressure on industry executives; Gore even threatened regulation if the industry failed to “clean up […]