Sara M. Grimes

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  • Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy and Professor, McGill University
Figuring out the rules of of tech play can be overwhelming for parents to navigate A woman left, shows her children photos on her phone before a college football game in November 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

Parental controls on children’s tech devices are out of touch with child’s play

Sara M. Grimes, McGill University and Riley McNair, University of Toronto

Parental controls designed for children’s games can be confusing. They also don’t take into account how families may — or may not — communicate.
The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet. Roblox is one of the most popular online games among young kids. (AP Photo/Leon Keith)

What Roblox’s safety updates mean for its users

Sara M. Grimes, McGill University

Roblox has just made some changes to its wildly popular gaming platform that could actually make it safer and better for kids.

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