"Brain rot" refers to mindless, often absurd online content popular with kids and tweens, especially on TikTok and Roblox. A viral subgenre called "Italian brain rot" features surreal AI characters ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

Most parents and educators expect children to return from a long break and simply pick up where they left off, same energy, same pace, same sharpness. Two weeks off, then straight back into quadratic ...