We think that education can! Or, more precisely, the learning process itself.
As we found out from an article in The Guardian, “Pupils do better at school if teachers are not fixated on test results.” This statement is based upon a study conducted by the Institute of Education, London.
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Fathers, if somebody tells you that free games for kids may replace free talks with you, that online free kids games are somehow more valued by children, do we have some good news for you! Those who say that “game websites for kids today are more authoritative for kids than the older generation” or “chatting on an online kids game with peeps is a better way to relax than talking in the dining room with old fogeys” don’t have their finger on the pulse of the younger generation.
“The secret to happiness – speak to your father”: we think this headline in The Telegraph has it right. “Young people who said they talked seriously to their dads ‘most days’ gave themselves an 87 per cent score on a happiness scale compared with 79 per cent for those who said they hardly ever spoke to their fathers in this way,” wrote the paper, based on findings made by the University of York and released by the Children’s Society.
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Video games for kids are regarded in a special way in Australia. A few months ago we wrote that some virtual sports activities there are regarded as a substitute for real ones. Recently we found out about Australian parents’ attitude towards the video games kids can play. “More than 90 per cent of Victorian parents believe video games can improve their children’s motor skills and problem-solving abilities,” we read in the Herald Sun (Australia).
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Kids, do your moms know how you find new kids games websites? Do your fathers have any idea what online game for kids is your favorite one? Parents, do you know what your child does online?
A new study conducted by StrategyOne was focused “on the gaps between parents and kids with respect to their online beliefs and behaviors,” as we read on SocialTimes.com.
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Summer’s the best time for new kids games! There’s a lot of time to play kids games outside, trade ideas for cool games for kids with the neighbor boys and girls… But it looks like this summer, the playgrounds in our parks won’t see as many children’s games as they could.
According to a new U.S. survey of parents with kids ages 18 and under, released by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and conducted by Zogby International, “nearly 30 percent of parents report their kids will spend more time online this summer than they did during the school year,” we read on StaySafeOnline.org.
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If after playing kids’ online games your child asks you for a certain kind of candy, cereal or similar product, hurry up and make sure what online game your kid is playing. Every online game for kids may be educational, of course: the question is what exactly things kids are taught while playing!
“UC Davis public health researchers have found that children … are the targets of a new medium used to sell high-fat, high-sugar foods: advergames,” we find out from Science Centric.
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Guess why some kids don’t play online games? Too busy with school affairs, too responsible to waste time at kids games’ websites, not playful enough? All these points would have worked if there weren’t one more convincing reason: to play online kids games, children need computer. Although not every family is able to buy brand-new digital friend full of fun educational games for kids…
The ninth largest city in the U.S. also faces the problem of the digital divide: “28 percent of San Diego families don’t have a computer in their home,” we read in The San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Social network services are popular among the adults, but should it be the same for kids? According to Retrevo.com report “Parenting and Social Media,” social networks are not for kids of pre-school and early school age: only 8% of respondents marked the age of 12 and lower as appropriate time to join social media.
Kids Internet Digest in pictures. Driving kids in the safe smile chat
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What has highest affect on kids’ learning abilities? Good sleeping, good nutrition… and good exercise!
“Young children who exercise at school perform better in concentration tests, researchers have said,” the researchers found, as the BBC reported from Scotland.
Tags: memory, memory training, researches
What helps us to overcome hard times? Fun online games, candy, TV watching… it raises our mood but don’t help to solve the problem. Try to talk to people you can trust to do the last of those. And instead of searching for them online, just say hello to your family.
“Nine in 10 young people turn to internet for help in solving personal problems,” the Daily Telegraph reports.
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