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Parents ‘still lack crucial visibility’ despite new Character AI tools

March 25, 2025

Character AI announced it is adding parental supervision tools to improve teen safety following several lawsuits and criticism for allegedly failing to protect underage users.

Human Ecology

Fast fashion millennial brands buckling under pressure from Temu and Shein

February 27, 2025

Denise Green, director of the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection. Faced with competition from even cheaper Chinese competitions such as TEMU and Shein, Green says the only constant in fashion is change.

Human Ecology
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

School phone bans, parental limits: A step toward reducing social media harm

September 5, 2024

Kimberly Kopko, senior extension associate in Cornell University's College of Human Ecology, is an expert in child development and parenting as well as family processes. She applauds efforts to ban smartphones in schools in an effort to combat the impact of social media.

New York State
education

Biden child care order a step in the right direction, but still not enough

April 18, 2023

Cornell University experts Kimberly Kopko and Cathy Creighton call President Biden's executive order on improving access to child case a nod to needed benefits for families, but say more needs to be done on the federal level as the burden falls on states to address the problem.

Washington D.C.

Ohio derailment: Fitting all residents with PPE ‘simply unrealistic’

February 17, 2023

Juan Hinestroza, professor of fiber science and apparel design, comments on the role of personal protective equipment following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which resulted in toxic chemicals spilling into land, air and water.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Human Ecology

Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ breaks taboo on menstruation

March 9, 2022

Jane Mendle says a major motion picture addressing menstruation openly is astonishing, adding that as a society we don’t talk enough about adolescent periods which leads to a lack of treatment for menstrual problems in young girls.

Human Ecology
Arts & Humanities

Listen, validate, guide: How to best talk to children about the war in Ukraine

March 8, 2022

Kimberly Kopko says it's important for parents to be aware how children are processing information around the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and provides advice on how to help ease any anxieties or fears children may have.


New CDC mask guidance reflects challenge with unique face profiles

February 12, 2021

Juan Hinestroza the new CDC mask guidance reflects issues many people have with “one size fits all” masks.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Arts & Humanities

Holiday ‘hacks’ for dealing with family over the holidays

December 13, 2021

Karl Pillemer, family sociologist, offers four tips for a calmer and more fulfilling family gathering this holiday season.

Arts & Humanities

Closing Rikers an opportunity to improve conditions, visitation accessibility

October 17, 2019

The New York City Council is currently voting on a plan to close Rikers Island by 2026 and replace the complex with four new jails in Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens. Christopher Wildeman, policy analysis and management professor, studies the consequences of mass imprisonment for inequality, with an emphasis on families, health, and children. He says the the plan to close Rikers would be a major step forward in improving confinement conditions for those incarcerated in New York City.

Human Ecology
Law, Government & Public Policy

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