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Persuasive design

Persuasive design uses features like urgency, emotion, editing, popularity, or social pressure to influence what children believe or do.

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Helping children recognize misleading online content

Helping children recognize misleading online content

Start with development, not blame Children are not miniature adults with fully formed judgment. Their prefrontal networks, including systems involved in inhibitory control, working memory, planning, and cognitive flexibility, continue to mature through adolescence. This means a child may understand a safety rule in the abstract but still react quickly to a sensational video, persuasive […]