In 2021, U.S. lawmakers accused Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg of pushing for higher profits at the expense of children's mental health following testimony by whistleblower Frances Haugen. Facebook has consistently said it disagrees with Haugen's characterization that the company ...
Bill Nye, Seattle’s science guy, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom — in a bow tie Nye got his “Science Guy” start in Seattle, where a 1989 video for the Washington Department of Ecology became the format for his landmark children's TV show. VIEW Local News Science Environment Loc...
“When your children are texting you stuff that can wait — like, ‘Can I go to Brett’s house five days from now?’— don’t respond,” said Sabine Polak, one of three mothers who co-founded the Phone-Free Schools Movement. “You have to stop engaging. That’s just feeding the pr...
“It’s a struggle,” said Malika Elwin, a mother of a second grader on New York’s Long Island. She doesn’t want to expose other children or burden the teacher with her daughter’s runny nose, so she’s kept her daughter home longer even though she’s feeling better ...