TED Radio Hour

Have we forgotten how to play?

From an evolutionary perspective, the task of childhood is to become independent of parents. So children are born with very strong drives to play, to explore, away from adults. That away from adults is a big part of it because they need to get away from adults in order to practice the skills required for becoming an adult.

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Why You Need the Growth Mindset of a Weed | Stephen Nobles | TED

A fact with that is if a kid lives in poverty, they're not poor. Their parents are poor and they live with them. The same way, if a kid's parents are rich, they're not rich. Their parents are rich and they live with them. So with that, all of the data, all of the characteristics of poverty, place it on the parents and not the student.

Semafor

Youth Wellbeing Forum: Building Resilient Generations | Semafor Events

There's a concept called co cognitive shrinking that's being noticed now in children using AI.

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How to Fix Africa’s Learning Crisis | Rapelang Rabana | TED

Each child suddenly gets something incredibly rare: instruction that responds to them. The child who was struggling can slow down and get more practice. The child who is ready to keep going can rush ahead.

Fresh Air

Back-to-school with Big Tech

the tech companies want kids to be prepared for the world the tech companies are building. But we're not saying to kids, do you want an AI-driven future? Do you want an AI-first future? Like, we're skipping over all the hard questions.

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How to Raise Kids Who Question AI | Randi Williams | TED

We are raising a generation of children who are growing up with AI and smart toys, and they tend to see these devices not as virtual assistants or technology, but as friends, distinct beings with a mind, a will and a soul.

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Can Play Change the World? | Play@TED Full Event | TED, the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation

We've reduced play to be this cherry on top of an already good life. But from a scientific perspective, it is much more fundamental than that. Play is what happens anytime we choose to do something without knowing exactly where it's going to end up.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

We meet America's robo-teachers and take a nap in coach | WWDTM

Actual data showing that young children sometimes feel more comfortable being read to or reading to a robot than a human being. It's less stressful for them.