Post by Mike J Midgley

Every "educational" app on your child's tablet uses them. Red countdown bars. Flashing error screens. Pressure timers that penalise thinking and reward guessing. Research shows red environments trigger measurably higher stress responses. Child psychologists describe children covering their ears at the mere sight of a timer. One ADHD child was spelling perfectly, until the countdown appeared. Under time pressure, she scrambled letters she'd mastered seconds earlier. The app measured that as "engagement." The child experienced it as failure. This week's Unlocking Heroes newsletter explains why have banned red alerts and countdown timers from our platform entirely, and what we built instead. It's called the Sensory Safe Harbour. #HeroesStartHere #ScrubbingSquad #UnlockingHeroes #MissionUpdates #HeroCommunityForChildren #ChildhoodReImagined #Supporting10MillionChildren