Events matching tag "parenting"
Saturday, March 8
Media technologies (TV, video, games, Internet, music, mobile phones) have brought about a substantial change in the experience of childhood in our society. These changes leave many parents, particularly one-parent homes…
Intermediate
Presenters
Arvin Poole, Elizabeth Vandewater PhD, Francesco Cardoletti, Keree Brannen
Gamers grow up and become parents. But societal values make gamers feel bad about time spent gaming, prompting players to retire controllers once babies are born. But gamers do not have to choose between parent and gamer…
Intermediate
Presenters
Carla Fisher
Sunday, March 9
When our daughter was born she lost too much of her birth weight too quickly. So we started keeping a log of everything she consumed and, inevitably, expelled. It started with a simple spreadsheet to track the exact amou…
Intermediate
Presenters
Amy Webb
Children are 51 times more likely to have their identities stolen than adults. Now that children have a digital footprint at an early age, identity thieves have found an easier route to take advantage of children’s unuse…
Beginner
Presenters
Chris Crosby, Clay Nichols
Are you the kind of dad who only knows his kid through Facebook? Should your kid even be on Facebook? Men, especially in technology, are taught to work hard, define ourselves by our careers, and eagerly embrace new techn…
Beginner
Presenters
Alexis Madrigal, Clara Jeffery, Mat Honan, Michael Sippey
Monday, March 10
At the intersection of technology and capitalism—mediation and competition—parents are raising children in a world that is much different than it was 20 years ago. This panel features David McCullough Jr., a high school …
Beginner
Presenters
David McCullough Jr