Teens, Social Media and Mental Health [downloadable]
In Pew Research Center’s latest survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 and their parents finds that parents are generally more worried than their children about the mental health of teenagers today. Still, teens are growing more wary of Read more >>
Family Digital Wellness Guide [web resource]
The Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School’s online Digital Wellness Guide is designed to provide parents and caregivers with information and guidance based on clinical evidence and scientific research. In it, they discuss both the Read more >>
APA Recommendations for Healthy Teen Video Viewing [downloadable]
Psychologists and social scientists are studying how video content affects teenagers’ well-being. In recent years, the amount of video content and how easily teens can access it have grown rapidly. This report focuses on how watching videos affects teens. Read more >>
The Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force (KOHS), co-led by SAMHSA and the NTIA, released a new report with recommendations and best practices for safer social media and online platform use for youth. The full report provides a summary Read more >>
10 Hacks to Boost Teens’ Executive Function Skills and Manage Screen Time
Teens’ focus is interrupted, on average, every 90 seconds. Something as simple as an audible notification can draw focus away from a task. In schools, multiple distractions across the classroom create an almost impossible task of staying on topic and Read more >>
Distracted Students? Understanding These 3 Myths of Attention Span Can Help
How many times per day do you check your phone? According to Gloria Mark, psychologist and author of Attention Span, people swipe from screen to screen about 566 times per day, and about half of those switches are self-motivated, meaning Read more >>
Teaching Kids Digital Citizenship
In this Voices of Compassion episode, we talk with Eisha Buch, Director, Education Programs & Development for Common Sense Education, about helping students develop a sense of digital agency so that they can truly thrive in a tech-filled world with Read more >>
Tips for Talking with Teens About Social Media and Thinking Traps
There has been a lot of attention on the negative impacts social media can have for teens and even pre-teens’ mental health. Read more >>
How Social Media Affects Teens’ Mental Health
In this podcast from the American Psychological Association, Jacqueline Nesi, PhD, of Brown University, talks about the research on social media and teens’ mental health, whether it’s possible to be addicted to social media, what teens themselves think about social Read more >>
Teens and Tweens: Use These Tips to Navigate Social Media in a Safe and Healthy Way
While social media can offer numerous benefits, it’s important to be aware of its potential downsides. From feelings of inadequacy stemming from comparisons to cyberbullying and information overload, the digital realm can present challenges to mental health. This guide aims Read more >>
