Not to overthink things, but olden day vampires don’t make any sense. Poor dental health and tooth loss was extremely prevalent in the late nineteenth century. Even if Dracula had some teeth left, perhaps owing to his relative high status, they’d have been terrible for chomping on necks, surely? 🧛

📢 New publication from our team! 🎮 Children's contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being Our latest journal article has just been published and can be read Open Access now via New Media and Society 🎉 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #DigitalPlay #DigitalChildhoods

“We should get more of these” What, flannels? “Yes, they’re so good. I didn’t know they’d be so good” 5-y-o over the moon about her first flannel

This morning’s reasons-I-know-my-child-is-my-child: (sees a horse) “I want to marry that horse” (imagines future crisps) “I’ll just reach in with both hands and OM NOM NOM”

4-y-o jokes: Q: Where does a bear go when he’s hungry? A: He eats your glasses.

Just found out that my 4-y-o’s class has a class teddy called ‘Huglas Douglas’ and a scary world is a tiny bit better #huglasdouglas #earlyyears

Children playing video games have raised various concerns over the years, but @fionascott.bsky.social and her team’s research show that the right digital play can be beneficial to children’s wellbeing. Read more in her @uk.theconversation.com piece: theconversation.com/how-video-ga...

What was it like becoming a parent for the first time during a global pandemic? Read our findings, based on over 300 individual accounts, open access in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth doi.org/10.1186/s128... #parenting #pandemic #digitalliteracies

Folks from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social are slowly turning up here, so here's a smallish starter pack for now, but as new folks from the Centre arrive, ping me & I can add you: go.bsky.app/8RES29o

I spoke to ABC News (Australia) and the BBC News Channel yesterday on the passing of Australia's #SocialMediaBan Echoing many Digital Child colleagues, a regrettable step in terms of children and young people's rights and well-being. Let's hope enforcement is nuanced. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Now the U16s Ban is legislated, @cameronwilson.bsky.social is right, the hard part begins: we know the Bill actually could cause harms, so the next year is about trying to minimise the damage & leverage the public support for real changes like a duty of care.(1/2) www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/29/t...

Delighted to see this toolbox from the amazing RITEC project @fionascott.bsky.social has been launched to support game design professionals creating digital play experiences for children! What a great project to have been a part of! www.sheffield.ac.uk/social-scien...