Facebook’s Messenger Kids is updating to give parents more visibility of their children’s chats. Amid debates about whether kids should even be online messaging, platforms have a difficult balance to strike between giving kids autonomy and meeting parents’ demands for security and control.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, school’s out for many students around the world. As homeschooling becomes the new normal, edtech platform Atom Learning is offering free online courses to help children stay academically active and bridge the attainment gap for those who can’t afford private tutoring.

Growing up in a digital world, Generation Alphas are more likely to opt to watch shows on Netflix than the BBC. Gen Alphas pursue content consumption through gaming and advocate for inclusive values across the media platforms they use. So how can brands look cool for the kids?

Single-child families are on the rise in the US as a lack of savings and lofty career goals have led Gen Yers to delay parenthood. But how are smaller households impacting the values, goals, and social lives of the next generation? And how might Gen Alphas start to shape the world around them?