5 things everyone is doing better than me during quarantine

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By Jordan Reid2020-05-05 11:15:00 UTC

Look, whatever quibbles we might have had with the digital age up until now (see: Facebook election manipulation, Reddit trolls, influencer culture, and that terrifying clown emoji), I think we can all agree that we are very, very happy that computers exist right now. We’ve Skyped into meetings, classes, and…

6 games for kids that you can play on FaceTime or Zoom

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It’s tricky to have a playdate when you can’t be close enough to actually play.

During the height of coronavirus restrictions, roughly – nearly 95% of the population – had been ordered to stay inside in order to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Now, even with some states slowly reopening, schools remain closed and gatherings are still banned in most places, and kids are cut off…

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Making this a reality requires a culture shift. We need to reflect on and reject the entrenched sexism and racism that’s made it possible to define professional childcare work as little more than household help. We must admit that asking parents to independently solve their childcare problems is not fair,…

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Not everything went smoothly when The Harbour School in Hong Kong turned to virtual learning in November after protests shut down the private school for a few days. Some kids spammed the class chats on Google Hangouts, and the virtual classrooms were noisy because students weren’t putting themselves on mute. 

After the experience, teachers and administrators shored up their online…

How to manage kids’ screen time during coronavirus isolation

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Arcadia Kim usually has no problem with her three children enjoying time on their various screens. She even launched an effort called Infinite Screen Time to dismantle the guilt parents feel about the devices in our kids’ hands.

But on week four of her kids’ virtual learning after their Hong Kong schools closed in January, Kim started fretting about the hours they were spending on…

Setting digital boundaries for your kids doesn’t have to be a headache Optimize That

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Welcome to Small Humans, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of- and deal with- the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock is nice and all, but it’s 2018 and we have the entire internet to contend with.

Podcasts have been ascendant lately, but you are not able to want to stream Serial or Dear John during family dinner prep. For Friends of…

Why you should give kids toys that look like them

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Welcome to Small Humans, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of – and deal with – the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock is nice and all, but it’s 2018 and we have the entire internet to contend with.

Now more than ever, it’s particularly evident that children need to be exposed to diversityas young as possible. It’s a topic that can…