If I let them, my kids would live on the computer. I don’t think it’s a good place to live. Every computer must have a monitor — a really, really good one. Otherwise, the computer is useless. What ...

One of the media's favorite cliches and a recurrent "urban legend" is that computer games are destroying our children's intelligence. The assumption, based primarily on techno-phobia and nostalgic dis ...

Sometimes hobbies grow to become much more than hobbies. Some children who are in the school play in fifth grade may decide to study drama in college. After college they may return to their ...

Nationwide — Terysa Ridgeway, a pioneering African-American computer scientist and celebrated children’s book author, is on a mission to ignite a passion for coding among children worldwide. With an ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A computer science team has created a new collaborative way in which kids can interact with technology. The team of researchers from the University of Iowa created an online activity ...

As kids get older, having a designated study space can set the tone for a productive school year. Yet these days, kids don’t just need space for their textbooks and notes—they’ll also need room for ...

Working at PBS KIDS, my husband and I are always thinking about how kids play and learn — and that applies to our own kids as well! With the new PBS KIDS show, “Lyla in the Loop,” premiering, we’ve ...

There’s no way around it: Since the pandemic began, kids of all ages are spending lots more time looking at screens, particularly as many schools shifted from the classroom to the computer. A survey ...