07/13/2023
We know that the average tween and young teenager spends multiple hours a day using screens. How they use screens, including social media, matters. There is a lot of variety in how kids tie their social and emotional development to social media use...
06/02/2023
When teens struggle to find balance around digital media use, it can negatively impact their sleep. Adequate sleep is an important part of mental well-being and brain development for adolescents, so it is important to support adolescents in using digital media in ways that won’t negatively impact their sleep...
05/21/2023
It can be tempting to want a set number of hours on screens that is “safe” or healthy to guide your family’s technology use. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough evidence demonstrating a benefit from specific screen time limitation guidelines...
05/19/2023
During adolescence, it is common for teens of all genders to have increased concerns about body image and appearance. Taking and posting selfies in and of itself is not necessarily an unhealthy behavior. The thoughts that can accompany posting selfies, however, like feeling you are being dishonest...
05/22/2023
Since the One Laptop per Child initiative in 2005 and the launch of the iPad in 2010, K-12 education has been one pathway through which young children start using internet-connected technologies. During the COVID-19 pandemic, adoption of tablets and laptops became nearly universal in U.S. public K-12 school...
05/19/2023
The good news is that anti-cyberbullying school-based intervention programs have been shown to significantly reduce cyberbullying. There is less evidence, however, that many of the new digital citizenship school-based programs that strive to teach students how to navigate digital technologies and their social ecosystems...
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