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Cognitive offloading risks a population scale developmental crisis in children. If you are worried about your local school conforming to the 'inevitablism' and mania around AI, send them this article and explain that the less time kids spend with AI in the classroom, the more they'll have the edge in years to come (an edge they'll need given the future(s) they face). https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them #education #childdevelopment #psychology #ai

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ✍️🧠 A new study challenges the idea that people are born with a skilled dominant hand, showing instead that hand dominance develops through repeated practice. Researchers at Johns Hopkins and UCLA found that when tasks are novel both hands perform equally well, and that hand preference comes first and skill follows, not the reverse. 👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-arent-born-with-as-righties-or-lefties-they-develop-hand-dominance-with-practice-a-new-study-suggests-180989168/ #brains #science #neuroscience #learning #childdevelopment #psychology #johnshopkins #UCLA #research #study

We've been blaming screens for anxious kids. A new study points to a completely different culprit https://www.fastcompany.com/91572165/screens-anxious-kids-study-perfectionism #MentalHealth #Parenting #ChildDevelopment

Every story your child reads plants seeds for future adventures 📚✈️ Read more: https://flip.it/99QA0O #lifestyle #parenting #family #childdevelopment #children #parentingtips #kidsdevelopment