“I want to kill myself. I’m bottling everything up so no one worries about me.” That’s one of the frightening, but apparently real, quotes from American kids in a recent Bloomberg report on the services schools are using lately to attempt to monitor student interactions with AI chatbots. It’s an unsettling article that poses an […]
New Twist on Famous Marshmallow Test: What Happens When You Add a Second Kid?
Our commitments to other people can have a big influence on how we act—even for children who are trying to keep themselves from snacking on a tasty treat right now. Peer support helped children pass the famous Stanford marshmallow test, which tests whether a child can resist a tempting treat long enough to receive an […]