🧠  Complexity, Negativity & Sensationalism: News and current events can be unsettling because they can intersect uncomfortably with politics and unsettling events. Mainstream news is often fear-based and systematically focused on violent events and natural disasters .

🔍   Parental Concerns: Parents struggle to find safe and educational news sources that help children understand current affairs without unnecessary stress or bias .

📺   Need for Media Literacy: There is an evident need to hear the voices of children in order to better understand which kinds of fake content are common in children’s everyday digital experiences and what strategies the children adopt toward fake news .

🌐  Importance of Civic Education: Children and youth need civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions to identify inaccuracies communicated through the media and other sources. 

8 year old writes and discovers blog feature

SECNARIO: Aarav, a curious 8-year-old, comes across a kid-friendly news website. After completing onboarding process, he personalizes his profile and begins exploring the platform. He stumbles upon the “Thinking Corner,” a blog space curated for young minds. Inspired by what he thinks, Aarav decides to write his own short blog. With curiosity and excitement, he publishes his post and then enjoys reading blogs written by other kids like him.

I chose this flow because it captures the essential first-time journey of a young user entering the platform, finding something engaging to explore, and then creating and interacting with content. And covers te primary features/USPs.