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Man Shuts Down Internet in 2 Towns Attempting to Curb his Kids Screentime!
Attempting to control the amount of time your kids spend on the internet, or just in front of a screen in general, is a problem for many parents around the world. It seems, however, that following a report via Gizmodo, the attempt by one French dad has landed him in…
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Sharkoon Announces its SGS2 Jr Gaming Chair for Kids
Sharkoon announced the launch of its brand new SGS2 Jr., their first-ever gaming chair specially made for children. Its ergonomic form comes complete with a backrest that can be reclined up to 135 degrees, allowing users to comfortably relax after doing their homework or between those occasional gaming sessions. At…
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Disney Launches ‘Magic Moments’ for Families in Self-Isolation
If you have kids, then the chances are that following concerns surround COVID-19, you’ve probably got them at home at the moment. As such, you’re probably either pulling your hair out or, at the very least, are running out of solid means of entertainment. Well, the good news is, Disney…
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British Schools Will Use Nintendo Games to Teach ‘Life Skills’
I am perhaps showing my age here a little, but when I was at school the closest you got to ‘gaming on a computer’ was then they would wheel in the (one and only) BBC Micro. It was usually situated on a trolly and treated with all the reverence of…
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Nearly Half of UK Parents Think Schools Should Ban Phones
It’s hardly any secret that the use of smartphones by pupils at schools is a highly contentious subject. While you might have difficulty getting the kids to agree, many parents (and teachers) think that not only are they an unnecessary distraction, but can also lead to other problems. These include…
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YouTube Consider Cutting All Children’s Content From Main Site
YouTube To Cut Kids Content? It’s pretty clear that over the last 2 years, video hosting website YouTube has been struggling to come to grips with how to handle content posted on it’s website by minors. Only earlier this month that platform announced changes to the rules that meant that…
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Website Launches To Teach Kids About Online Dangers
Website Uses Animation & Games To Teach About Online Dangers In this day and age of smartphones and games consoles, it’s hard to avoid the reality that sooner or later your kids are going to have relatively free access to the internet. This, by proxy, will likely mean interacting with…
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UK Launches Crackdown On Gambling Ads In Children’s Content
Crackdown On Gambling Ads There has been a very long-standing argument in many world governments as to the effects of gambling on children. We have, for example, seen loot boxes from games (and online in-game currencies in general) come under severe scrutiny. At the moment, a lot of countries are…
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VTech Urges Parents To Update Tablets To Fix Security Issue
VTech Strongly Urges Security Update VTech, as the producers of some of the worlds most popular children’s technology, has a pretty strong reputation for the quality of their products. It’s for that reason that many homes throughout the world have at least one of their products. In recent years, their educational…
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Survey Finds Nearly Half Of All ‘Power Gamers’ Are Parents!
Survey Finds Nearly Half Of All ‘Power Gamers’ Are Parents! For the majority of the old-school of gamers, those of us who caught the initial early waves of computers and consoles, we’re at least thirty and possibly getting alarmingly close to our 50’s. As such, the chances are that the…
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Parents Are Paying For Fortnite Lessons For Their Children
Parents Are Paying For Fortnite Lessons For Their Children Fortunately, when I was growing up gaming was a bit of a simpler affair. You either had to get Mario to the end of the level or alternatively avoid the ghosts trying to kill Pac Man. These days though, Fortnite is…
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Twitter To Ban Accounts Created By Underage Users
Twitter To Ban Accounts Created By Underage Users Last week we reported how Facebook has started to implement bans against users who were suspected of being underage. Given that most social media platforms have a minimum age of 13 to create an account, this wasn’t unexpected. It is, however, certainly belated.…
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Film4 Announce Massive Studio Ghibli Celebration Event
Film4 Announce Massive Studio Ghibli Celebration Event I’m an absolutely colossal fan of Studio Ghibli. I’ve watched their films for around 15 years now and constantly find myself rewatching them for a bit of chill-out TV. Sadly, the studio is a bit quiet these days as the on-again-off-again retirement of…
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Facebook To Start Locking Underage User Accounts
Facebook To Start Locking Underage User Accounts Despite Facebook not being the trendiest social-media for the young people these days, I think it’s fairly safe that the platform has a quite significant number of young users. Despite this, the social media site does actually have an active policy that people…
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Rugrats To Return With New Series And Movie
Rugrats To Return With New Series And Movie Anyone growing up with the 90’s will be familiar with the kid’s cartoon series ‘Rugrats’. It features 4 kids growing up with their own unique take on adult life. In addition, Angelica was one of those great characters who we all loved…
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