Our children are “digital natives”, an ultra-connected generation, and most of them are able to use touch screens at the same time as they learn to speak! For teenagers and pre-teens in the process of building their identity, the Internet and social networks are a...
Home confinement related to COVID-19 pandemic has upset daily organization of many families. With schools and day care centers closing, parents need to manage children home full time. This can be an opportunity to strengthen the parents/children bond but it is also a...
New technology is a wonderful tool for entertainment, communication, information, learning. Nevertheless, for the youngest users who are not necessarily aware of traps and tricks, it may be dangerous as they are vulnerable when facing ill-intentioned manipulating...
Children have access to screens at an increasingly early age. While the marketing of certain brands for young people extols the educational virtues of specialized channels or connected toys, what are the opinions of scientists and childcare professionals on this...
Half the child population worldwide can’t physically attend school because of COVID-19 pandemic. This situation has created new risks for teenagers spending more time on Internet and social networks. UNICEF, in a press release dated April 15, 2020, alerted parents and...
