Parents articles

YouTube has quietly become the backbone of US classrooms

The big picture: American classrooms now run on YouTube. In many districts, it sits at the center of the entire tech stack: Chromebooks or iPads in every backpack, Google accounts for every student, and videos queued for everything from math lessons to indoor recess. Teachers use it to read to a class, teach first graders to draw, or fill the last few minutes before dismissal. But the platform was never designed to be the primary gatekeeper of what children watch during the school day.

Meta to introduce parental controls for Quest VR

Tech employees without kids are upset over additional benefits offered to parents

Ninja says terrible parents are to blame for their kids' Fortnite addiction

Most parents don't pay attention to video games' age rating

11-year-old accidentally spends almost $7,500 on microtransactions using Dad's credit card

Amazon to fight FTC on kids in-app purchases issue

Parents to receive iTunes credit, cash payments to settle Apple in-app purchase lawsuit

New study suggests kids are just as tech savvy as adults