Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, plans to lower the recommended age for using its Quest headset to 10 from 13, the company said in a blog post on […]
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Back to news homeWhen Having a Baby and Losing Your Job Collide
If workers were laid off because they were on parental leave, that would be illegal — but it would be difficult to prove, Ms. Bisk explained, because the criteria companies […]
Singapore-based Supermom helps parenting brands navigate a post-cookie world
Supermom, a parenting platform with 20 million users in six Southeast Asian countries, offers parents price comparisons, communities and the chance to earn money by completing surveys. For brands, it […]
What Happened to Bright Starts Beaming Buggie Take-Along Toy?
“Millennial parents care about how things look in their homes,” Ms. Wainer said. The nursery must be Instagrammable with wooden toys in neutral colors or a whimsical play tent in […]
An Apple Watch for Your 5-Year-Old? More Parents Say Yes.
Florian Fangohr waffled for about a year over whether to buy an Apple Watch SE as a gift. The smart watch cost $279, and he worried that its recipient would […]
Snapchat Introduces Its First Parental Controls
SAN FRANCISCO — Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging app, introduced its first parental controls on Tuesday, as social media platforms face increasing scrutiny for exposing young users to potentially harmful content.Snap, […]
How Some Parents Changed Their Politics in the Pandemic
ORINDA, Calif. — They waved signs that read “Defeat the mandates” and “No vaccines.” They chanted “Protect our kids” and “Our kids, our choice.”Almost everyone in the crowd of more […]
Parents Face Long Waits for Car Seats and Other Baby Items
Almost as soon as Eryn Yates made it through her first trimester of pregnancy last spring, she started shopping for her dream nursery.But getting the items she wanted turned into […]
China Calls on ‘Little Inoculated Warriors’ in Its War on Covid-19
As the rest of the world struggles to vaccinate adults in the face of a threat from a new coronavirus variant, China has embarked on an ambitious campaign that it […]
What if It Never Gets Easier to Be a Working Parent?
Above all, issues around managing child care and work that had long been considered private family matters were suddenly out in the open, turning the needs of working parents into […]