Fiona Scott
@fionascott.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Digital Literacies Uni of Sheffield | Co-Editor Journal of Early Childhood Literacy | Early Childhood | Literacies | Digital | Families | Play
“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
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
October 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“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
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
This 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”
June 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This 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”
4-y-o jokes:
Q: Where does a bear go when he’s hungry?
A: He eats your glasses.
Q: Where does a bear go when he’s hungry?
A: He eats your glasses.
a brown bear is smiling with its eyes closed and its paws folded
ALT: a brown bear is smiling with its eyes closed and its paws folded
media.tenor.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
4-y-o jokes:
Q: Where does a bear go when he’s hungry?
A: He eats your glasses.
Q: Where does a bear go when he’s hungry?
A: He eats your glasses.
Just 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 #earlyyears
a brown teddy bear sits on a white background
ALT: a brown teddy bear sits on a white background
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Just 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 #earlyyears
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Children 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...
Read more in her @uk.theconversation.com piece:
theconversation.com/how-video-ga...
How video games can support children’s wellbeing
Playing online can help children explore and trial their developing identities.
theconversation.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Children 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...
Read more in her @uk.theconversation.com piece:
theconversation.com/how-video-ga...
What 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 #digitalliteracies
Becoming a new parent during the pandemic: experiences of pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
New 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...
doi.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What 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 #digitalliteracies
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Folks 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
go.bsky.app/8RES29o
December 6, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Folks 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
go.bsky.app/8RES29o
I 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...
World reacts to Australia's social media ban - ABC listen
Australia's social media ban for under 16s is making headlines around the globe, as the world wonders just how it will work.
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2024 at 10:18 AM
I 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...
Reposted by Fiona Scott
Now 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...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/29/t...
Australia has passed the teen social media ban. Now, the hard part — making sure it helps, not hurts
The 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.
www.crikey.com.au
November 29, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Now 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...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/29/t...
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Delighted to see this toolbox from the amazing RITEC project @fionascott.bsky.social has been launched to support game design professionals creating digital play experiences for children! What a great project to have been a part of!
www.sheffield.ac.uk/social-scien...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/social-scien...
Announcing the launch of the RITEC Design Toolbox
Dr Fiona Scott has worked with partners around the world to create the RITEC Design Toolbox (RDT) providing designers with practical tools for incorporating support for children’s well-being into thei...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
November 26, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Delighted to see this toolbox from the amazing RITEC project @fionascott.bsky.social has been launched to support game design professionals creating digital play experiences for children! What a great project to have been a part of!
www.sheffield.ac.uk/social-scien...
www.sheffield.ac.uk/social-scien...