If you’re looking for the antidote to the 15-second-video-clip-of-nonsense diet, this is it. The New York Times app isn't just a place to check the news; it's a high-calorie reading environment that builds the kind of 'Reading Rope' strands—vocabulary and background knowledge—that schools often skip.

While most news apps are designed to keep you clicking until you're angry, the NYT (especially the Learning Network) is designed to keep you reading until you're informed. It requires more effort than a social feed, but for an intentional family, that's a feature, not a bug.