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Imagination Is Not Spontaneous. It Needs a Seed.
A UK teacher said her pupils had no seed for their imagination to grow from. The science behind that observation, called semantic scaffolding, is quietly reshaping how we design screen time for children.
Sonja Keerl
6 days ago6 min read


How Many Minutes of Screen Time Is Safe? We Have Been Asking the Wrong Question.
Screen time guidance for children focuses on counting minutes. But the real question is what they are actually doing on that screen. Here is why the advice every parent finds online is the wrong place to start.
Sonja Keerl
Jul 24 min read


We grew up with Tolkien. Our kids grow up with walkthroughs.
A teacher testing our app noticed the descriptive language our guide uses, and how her class quietly picked it up. It made me think about the words our children no longer hear, and why that matters.
Sonja Keerl
Jun 293 min read


The Parent With the Phone at the Restaurant Table Is Not the Villain.
Before you judge a parent handing their child a phone at a restaurant, read these three stories. Sometimes screen time is not a failure. It is the only tool that works.
Sonja Keerl
Jun 284 min read


How to Manage Your Child’s Screen Time: Start With Yourself, Not the Timer
Screen time guidance focuses on children's minutes and content limits. But the most powerful tool a parent has is the conversation they have when the screen goes off. Here is why presence matters more than controls.
Sonja Keerl
Jun 274 min read


The world our children inherit will demand more than grades
The world our children inherit will test empathy and collaboration like never before. Why cultural understanding is a survival skill for the next generation, not a nice-to-have, from the solo mother building Unomundi.
Sonja Keerl
Jun 244 min read


Our team lives in 20 countries. That’s not a hiring strategy, it’s the product.
The people who build Unomundi have lived in 20 countries between them. That is not a hiring strategy. It is the reason the lessons feel real to children.
Sonja Keerl
Jun 184 min read


What happens when culture is taken away
A visit to Six Nations of the Grand River, Canada's largest First Nations reserve, taught me that you cannot celebrate world cultures without understanding what it costs when culture is deliberately erased. A reflection on the Haudenosaunee, the Mohawk Institute, and what we owe our children.
Sonja Keerl
Jun 165 min read


The AI said it wasn’t there. It was wrong.
When an AI finds nothing, it tends to decide the thing does not exist. That confident silence is a structural flaw. Here is why Unomundi keeps a human in the loop on everything your child sees.
Sonja Keerl
Jun 154 min read
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