Hacker News with Generative AI: Children

Show HN: AI Baby Monitor – local Video-LLM that beeps when safety rules break (github.com/zeenolife)
Your second pair of eyes, powered by local video LLMs. Because, you know... it does take a village.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Security, Children, Home Automation

6 points by zeenolife 2 days ago | 5 comments

Violence on TV: what happens to children who watch? (umontreal.ca)
Boys exposed to violent screen content in the preschool years were more likely to become antisocial and violent themselves a decade later, in their mid-teens, a new study shows.

Violence, Children, Media, Research, Psychology

9 points by gnabgib 3 days ago | 5 comments

How to Teach Kids the Importance of Digital Privacy (time.com)
In a simpler America, “the talk” was a right of passage—an awkward but necessary discussion to prepare kids for the realities of adulthood. Today parents face a new conversation: teaching kids to protect their privacy in a world where every misstep can be recorded, reshaped, and made permanent.

Parenting, Digital Privacy, Technology, Children

12 points by anticorporate 8 days ago | 1 comments

FDA moves to ban fluoride supplements for kids, removing a key tool for dentists (npr.org)
Under the leadership of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration is seeking to remove prescription fluoride supplements for kids from the market.

Health, Pharmaceuticals, FDA, Dentistry, Children

51 points by healsdata 10 days ago | 43 comments

Gas stoves nearly double children's cancer risk, Stanford study shows (sfchronicle.com)
A Stanford study found that gas stoves emit benzene, nearly doubling the cancer risk in children compared with adults — especially in homes with poor ventilation.

Health, Science, Children, Gas Stoves, Cancer

16 points by divbzero 15 days ago | 1 comments

Social AI companions pose unacceptable risks to teens and children under 18 (commonsensemedia.org)

Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Children, Safety, Ethics

57 points by CharlesW 16 days ago | 45 comments

Pope Francis's popemobile set to become health clinic for Gaza children (cnn.com)

Pope Francis, Health, Gaza, Children, Charity

9 points by Sontho 17 days ago | 0 comments

Math Machine – A notebook will show your kid how far they have travelled (kidswholovemath.substack.com)
At some point, math needs to be written down to solve it

Education, Math, Children, Learning

84 points by sebg 17 days ago | 15 comments

New Zealand's prime minister proposes social media ban for under-16s (theguardian.com)
New Zealand’s prime minister has proposed banning children under 16 years old from using social media, in an effort to protect young people from harms such as exposure to violent content and cyberbullying.

Social Media, New Zealand, Children, Government Regulation

6 points by TheAlchemist 18 days ago | 0 comments

Door knocks and DNA tests: How Trump adminis plans to keep tabs on migrant kids (apnews.com)
Desperate children and adults in Gaza struggle to get food as Israel blocks aid

Politics, Immigration, Children, Human Rights

6 points by rolph 21 days ago | 0 comments

When a Child's Life Becomes the Family Business (nytimes.com)
Evan Lee was in elementary school when he became the linchpin of his family’s business. With his neatly combed hair and dimpled smile, he was a charm bomb, conveying on camera both the cheerful sincerity of a boy scout and the precocious charisma of a whiz kid. Evan, eventually known to seven million YouTube subscribers as EvanTube, was one of the earliest kid influencers, internet famous for playing with toys.

Children, Social Media, Business, YouTube, Influencers

11 points by ceejayoz 26 days ago | 0 comments

Kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent' (gothamist.com)

Legal Issues, New York, Children, Law

13 points by detaro 29 days ago | 2 comments

Ofcom announces new rules for tech firms to keep children safe online (theguardian.com)
Social media and other internet platforms will be legally required to block children’s access to harmful content from July or face large fines, Ofcom has announced.

Online Safety, Regulation, Children, Social Media, Technology

15 points by beardyw 29 days ago | 3 comments

Court Permanently Enjoins Ohio's Segregate-and-Suppress/Parental Consent Law (ericgoldman.org)
Ohio enacted a segregate-and-suppress law that requires regulated websites to obtain parental consent before minors can access certain site features.

Law, Ohio, Privacy, Children, Internet

8 points by hn_acker 32 days ago | 2 comments

Gut-brain link may affect behavior in children with autism (medicalxpress.com)
A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system—ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing behavioral symptoms.

Autism, Health, Neuroscience, Children

9 points by wglb 36 days ago | 1 comments

Onfim's World: Child artists in history (resobscura.substack.com)
The sketches survived by chance, preserved on strips of birch bark found during Soviet archaeological excavations. They had been intended for use by school children from the medieval state of Novgorod. These children, who lived around the year 1250 CE, were meant to be learning how to read and write. But one student named Onfim used them to draw. And for this reason, Onfim has become immortal.

Art, History, Russia, Children

13 points by benbreen 37 days ago | 0 comments

Kermit: A typeface for kids (microsoft.design)
Imagine having never ridden a broom with the chosen one they call Harry Potter, or stumbled through a closet and into the mystical land of Narnia. For kids that discover the magic of reading through books like Harry Potter or The Chronicles of Narnia, reading is a gateway to otherworldly realms where your only limitation is your imagination. But, reading isn’t easy for everyone. It’s estimated that 1 in 10 people have some form of dyslexia, often undiagnosed.

Dyslexia, Typography, Education, Children

360 points by nmcfarl 37 days ago | 166 comments

We're Raising Kids to Prefer AI over People–and No One's Noticing (substack.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Children, Society

46 points by softchaos 37 days ago | 79 comments

How to win an argument with a toddler (seths.blog)
You can’t.

Parenting, Humor, Children

728 points by herbertl 38 days ago | 520 comments

Childhood obesity requires early, aggressive treatment, new guidelines say (npr.org)
Children with obesity should be offered more intensive treatment options earlier, including therapy and medication, says the leading U.S. pediatricians group.

Health, Children, Obesity, Medicine, Guidelines

3 points by paulpauper 40 days ago | 0 comments

Under 16 no longer allowed to livestream on Instagram without parental consent (apnews.com)
Democratic-led cities and states push back on threats to cut US school funding over DEI

Social Media, Regulations, Parental Consent, Children, Privacy

4 points by gnabgib 45 days ago | 1 comments

Kids with Smartphones Less Depressed, Anxious, Bullied Than Peers Without Them (reason.com)
It's funny how much media coverage is devoted to anything suggesting that phones might be ruining kids—and how little coverage goes to studies suggesting the opposite.

Mental Health, Technology, Smartphones, Children

10 points by pseudolus 46 days ago | 9 comments

Second child died from measles-related causes in Texas (apnews.com)
A second unvaccinated school-aged child in West Texas died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell.

Measles, Texas, Public Health, Children, Vaccines

9 points by geox 47 days ago | 1 comments

Cashless society drives drop in children swallowing coins, researchers say (independent.co.uk)
The shift away from using coins has fuelled a drop in children needing surgery to remove objects they have swallowed or stuck up their noses, research suggests.

Health, Society, Trends, Children, Research

11 points by bookofjoe 49 days ago | 20 comments

The psychology behind why children are hooked on Minecraft (bbc.com)
Minecraft is the world's best-selling computer game and soon to be a Hollywood film. This is why children can't get enough of it.

Psychology, Gaming, Children, Minecraft

36 points by andsoitis 52 days ago | 73 comments

Decline of cash credited for drop in surgery for children swallowing objects (theguardian.com)
Cashless societies may be a sad fact of modern life for those with a nostalgic attachment to the pound in their pocket, but doctors have discovered one unexpected benefit of the decline of coins.

Health, Society, Finance, Children

86 points by geox 55 days ago | 61 comments

Child complains of 'monster' under bed. Babysitter comes face-to-face with man (cnn.com)

Crime, Children, Parenting, Security

8 points by LinuxBender 56 days ago | 0 comments

Claim for a missing tooth (matteason.co.uk)
Use this service to claim financial reimbursement for a tooth which has been lost and cannot be collected by the Tooth Fairy - for example, teeth which have been:

Finance, Dental, Children, Humor

358 points by lukecarr 56 days ago | 74 comments

Decline of cash credited for drop in NHS surgery for children swallowing objects (theguardian.com)
Figures reveal 29% fall in operations in England to remove foreign bodies from children’s airways, noses and throats

Health, Children, England, Money, Healthcare

5 points by zeristor 57 days ago | 1 comments

Medical Benchmarks and the Myth of the Universal Patient (newyorker.com)
When my daughter was ten and a half months old, she qualified as “wasted,” which UNICEF describes as “the most immediate, visible and life-threatening form of malnutrition.”

Medicine, Healthcare, Children, Nutrition, Malnutrition

12 points by pseudolus 58 days ago | 3 comments