Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Not to overthink things, but olden day vampires don’t make any sense. Poor dental health and tooth loss was extremely prevalent in the late nineteenth century. Even if Dracula had some teeth left, perhaps owing to his relative high status, they’d have been terrible for chomping on necks, surely? 🧛 110
Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 09/01/2026📢 New publication from our team! 🎮 Children's contextualised digital play drivers and subjective well-being Our latest journal article has just been published and can be read Open Access now via New Media and Society 🎉 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #DigitalPlay #DigitalChildhoods 031
Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 20/10/2025“We should get more of these” What, flannels? “Yes, they’re so good. I didn’t know they’d be so good” 5-y-o over the moon about her first flannel 000
Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 24/06/2025This morning’s reasons-I-know-my-child-is-my-child: (sees a horse) “I want to marry that horse” (imagines future crisps) “I’ll just reach in with both hands and OM NOM NOM” 010
Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 04/05/20254-y-o jokes: Q: Where does a bear go when he’s hungry? A: He eats your glasses.media.tenor.coma brown bear is smiling with its eyes closed and its paws foldedALT: a brown bear is smiling with its eyes closed and its paws folded 010
Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Just found out that my 4-y-o’s class has a class teddy called ‘Huglas Douglas’ and a scary world is a tiny bit better #huglasdouglas #earlyyearsmedia.tenor.coma brown teddy bear sits on a white backgroundALT: a brown teddy bear sits on a white background 020
Reposted by Fiona ScottThe University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Children playing video games have raised various concerns over the years, but @fionascott.bsky.social and her team’s research show that the right digital play can be beneficial to children’s wellbeing. Read more in her @uk.theconversation.com piece: theconversation.com/how-video-ga...theconversation.comHow video games can support children’s wellbeingPlaying online can help children explore and trial their developing identities. 032
Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 22/01/2025What was it like becoming a parent for the first time during a global pandemic? Read our findings, based on over 300 individual accounts, open access in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth doi.org/10.1186/s128... #parenting #pandemic #digitalliteraciesdoi.orgBecoming a new parent during the pandemic: experiences of pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period - BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthNew parenthood in ordinary times can be a vulnerable and unpredictable time. The Covid-19 pandemic brought additional, unprecedented changes to policy and practice that drastically impacted on the exp... 041
Reposted by Fiona ScottTama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Folks from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child @digitalchildau.bsky.social are slowly turning up here, so here's a smallish starter pack for now, but as new folks from the Centre arrive, ping me & I can add you: go.bsky.app/8RES29o 12315
Fiona Scott @fionascott.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I spoke to ABC News (Australia) and the BBC News Channel yesterday on the passing of Australia's #SocialMediaBan Echoing many Digital Child colleagues, a regrettable step in terms of children and young people's rights and well-being. Let's hope enforcement is nuanced. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...abc.net.auWorld reacts to Australia's social media ban - ABC listenAustralia's social media ban for under 16s is making headlines around the globe, as the world wonders just how it will work. 111
Reposted by Fiona ScottTama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Now the U16s Ban is legislated, @cameronwilson.bsky.social is right, the hard part begins: we know the Bill actually could cause harms, so the next year is about trying to minimise the damage & leverage the public support for real changes like a duty of care.(1/2) www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/29/t...crikey.com.auAustralia has passed the teen social media ban. Now, the hard part — making sure it helps, not hurtsThe Albanese government's success in passing the teen social media ban is the start, not the end, of a process that will include a lot of difficult decisions. 45316