Snag AcademyNotes
Writing about diagnosis, safety and how children learn to notice that something is wrong. Every claim carries its source.
Lean forward, not back
The nosebleed instruction almost every child is given is the wrong one — and it stopped being recommended decades ago. What the NHS actually says.
Birth to 5: what actually helps
The high-contrast science is real; the screen is the wrong way to deliver it. WHO and AAP guidance, the video-deficit research, and why we will not build a baby app.
Printable high-contrast baby cards
Black-and-white patterns for the first six months, with how to use them. Paper rather than a screen, for reasons we set out in full.
More on the way. Notes are written slowly, because each one is checked against a primary source before it goes up — health guidance from health services, research from the papers themselves. If there is something you would like explained properly, ask: user.feedback@snagacademy.com