{"id":15979,"date":"2024-02-06T15:56:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scannn.com\/google-org-pledges-20-million-to-support-digital-wellbeing-for-kids-teens\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:56:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:56:26","slug":"google-org-pledges-20-million-to-support-digital-wellbeing-for-kids-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/google-org-pledges-20-million-to-support-digital-wellbeing-for-kids-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Google.org pledges $20 million to support digital wellbeing for kids, teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-block-key=\"82zhl\"><i>Read this post in<\/i> <i>Spanish<\/i> <i>\/\/ Blog en<\/i> <i>espa\u00f1ol<\/i> <i>aqu\u00ed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"37n6o\">The internet has helped millions of kids learn, connect and prepare for their futures in ways that were impossible even a decade ago. As more young people come online and new innovations like AI are introduced, people are asking important questions about how they can help kids \u2014 from preschool to high school \u2014 create and maintain safe and healthy relationships with technology.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6usmh\">Since 2019, searches for \u201cteen mental health\u201d have more than doubled \u2014 reaching an all time high last year. In 2023, people all over the world were also looking for information on &#8220;parental controls,&#8221; &#8220;screen time&#8221; and \u201cAI for kids\u201d more than ever before. Questions about technology are top of mind for families, and for Safer Internet Day we\u2019re sharing new commitments, tools and ongoing product improvements to help kids and families create safe, healthy and balanced relationships with technology.<\/p>\n<h3 data-block-key=\"2ikau\">Collaborating with others<\/h3>\n<p data-block-key=\"45hnc\">At Google, everything we do for kids, teens and families is created to empower, designed to respect, and built to protect. Through our years of experience building Google products tailored for kids and families, we\u2019ve created strong relationships with experts across child development, online safety and mental health fields.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5fdec\">Today, we\u2019re continuing our legacy of this commitment by providing $20 million from Google.org to support work that promotes digital wellbeing, mental health and online safety for kids of all ages. We\u2019ll be announcing all of the organizations receiving support in the coming months, but we\u2019re thrilled to kick things off with a few allies who\u2019ve been helping kids and families for generations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-block-key=\"btilf\"><b>Highlights Magazine.<\/b> For over 75 years <i>Highlights for Children<\/i> has helped kids become their best selves by helping them channel their curiosity, creativity, caring and confidence. Today, we\u2019re excited to be releasing a special edition of <i>Highlights Magazine<\/i> based upon Google\u2019s Be Internet Awesome curriculum. Through the fun, engaging and educational puzzles, crafts and short stories that have made <i>Highlights<\/i> a staple, we\u2019ve collaborated to bring Be Internet Awesome\u2019s mission to help kids be safe, smart and confident online explorers to life. We also know that access and distribution are key to ensuring these resources reach families and kids. So for this edition, beyond reaching <i>Highlights&#8217;<\/i> more than one million regular subscribers, we\u2019re providing an additional 250,000 copies to local <i>Highlight\u2019s<\/i> partners \u2014 schools and organizations like Save the Children and Reading is Fundamental \u2014 which serve lower income communities. Our support is also enabling <i>Highlights<\/i> to offer a free digital version of the magazine and supplementary materials at Highlights.com\/InternetSafety.\n<p>Taking awareness and access one step further, in the coming months we plan to partner with Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of America, the nation\u2019s largest youth development organization, to host events with interactive and educational games and activities based on the <i>Highlights<\/i> and Be Internet Awesome resources at select Boys &amp; Girls Clubs across the country.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/google-org\/google-digital-wellbeing-grant-teens-kids\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read this post in Spanish \/\/ Blog en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed. The internet has helped millions of kids learn, connect and prepare for their futures in ways that were impossible even a decade ago. As more young people come online and new innovations like AI are introduced, people are asking important questions about how they can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":15980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scannn.com\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}