Four seconds into one version of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," an animated horse with two arms and four legs hatches from an egg.

AI-powered kids content wracks up billions of YouTube views, despite pervasive slop. Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP via YouTube still hasn't solved its AI problem. Digitally faked content is still ...

Friendship is a core element of CoComelon. JJ’s world is shaped by his family and friends, Cody, Nina, Cece, Nico, and Bella—by playing together, they learn from each other. They’re not just learning ...

Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to the classroom.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

YouTube and other social media platforms are ramping up their parental controls as the online safety of minors continues to be a hot topic internationally. The Google-owned platform announced on ...

In the world of early childhood education, few pedagogical tools are as universally effective as music and movement activities for babies. Long before formal instruction begins, rhythm and sound form ...

Music has been Terry Esau's joy for most of his life. "My first guitar was a Silver Tone that I bought through the Sears Roebuck catalogue," Esau said. The music business navigated him successfully ...

Disney has agreed to pay a $10 million civil penalty for allowing children’s data to be collected on videos posted to YouTube. The Federal Trade Commission alleged that Disney failed to designate ...

Three parents — Reni Cao, Xiao Zhang, and Susan Rosenthal — were worried about their children’s screen time, so they left their tech jobs to create a product that encourages children to engage with ...