ScreenTime

Often, discussions around screen time and kids can feel like an all-or-nothing approach to screens is needed. Dr. Michael Rich prefers a more nuanced approach. The pediatrician and founder of the Digital Wellness Lab shares his tips for achieving a balanced and nuanced relationship to screens for families.

Research from the Digital Wellness Lab: https://digitalwellnesslab.org/resources/

“The Mediatrician’s Guide: A Joyful...

Researcher and pediatrician Dr. Jason Nagata shares what he’s learned about screen time and its impact on the long term health of young people. His evidence-based research has led to important findings on how screen time can impact a child’s sleep, eating habits, and body image.

Dr. Nagata also explains what a family media plan is and why...

Bullying has grown beyond just the schoolyard. 

As children’s social lives have moved increasingly online in recent years, the problem of cyberbullying has become a top concern for parents. A child psychiatrist shares helpful tips for parents when it comes to the dangers of cyberbullying and sextortion. Child psychiatrist Dr. Willough Jenkins shares helpful tips for parents to approach conversations with their kids about ...

To measure the long-lasting impacts screen time use may be having on our kids, major long-running science-based research is needed.

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study is looking to help by following the brain development of over ten thousand children over multiple years, tracking many aspects of children's lives, including screens.

A psychologist and principal investigator of the ABCD Study in San Diego shares some of t...

Researcher Danny Muñoz Lopez studies the connection between media use and adolescent mental health and wellbeing. While the focus often centers on mental harms from technologies like social media, Lopez notes that social media can also provide connection for young people, especially for those from historically marginalized groups. She also emphasizes the need to include young people in discussions around children and technology.

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For many parents today, managing kids’ screen time and technology use can feel like a full-time job. As growing evidence shows a correlation between excessive screen use and mental health issues, families struggle to establish rules and guidelines around technology.

If you have been following the growing body of research into technology use is changing childhood, you have likely come across the work of researcher and professor...

Technology is meant to make our lives easier. It allows us to get more done, to stay more closely connected, or to stay informed. But all that tapping and swiping– and the sitting that comes with it— is also having lasting impacts on our physical health.

While much of today’s research focuses on the mental health impacts of technology use, NPR’s TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi wanted to learn more about ...