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  • Introducing a new way to unwind, reset, and recharge on TikTok

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    TikTok staff

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    TikTok

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    Input from the Digital Wellness Lab is cited as helping the development of new TikTok features promoting purposeful platform use.

    Get the whole story at TikTok.

  • Report: More Parents Say Their Kids Under 2 Watch YouTube Than in 2020

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    Lauren Coffey

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    The 74

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    Kaitlin Tiches, Knowledge Manager for the Digital Wellness Lab, provides insights on ads and other aspects of educational video content for small children.

    Get the whole story at The 74 .

  • Report: More Parents Say Their Kids Under 2 Watch YouTube Than in 2020

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    Lauren Coffey

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    The 74

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    Digital Wellness Lab Medical Librarian Kaitlin Tiches offers advice on mindfully making decisions about media for small children.

    Get the whole story at The 74.

  • The Ultimate Parent ProTech Holiday Gift Guide: Safe Tech (and Non-Tech) for Families

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    Joshua Adams and Melvin Amador

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    Parent ProTech on YouTube

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s research-backed recommendations for parenting in a digital world are touted.

    Get the whole story at Parent ProTech on YouTube.

  • McGee Center hosts Amplify Youth Summit

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    Kristy Roschke

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    Vanderbilt University

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    Unmuted, the Digital Wellness Lab’s inaugural event of the Amplify Youth Summit initiative, is covered in depth.

    Get the whole story at Vanderbilt University.

  • Roblox Safety Update November 2025

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    Eliza Crichton-Stuart

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    GAM3S.GG

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    Roblox involvement with the Inspired Internet Pledge and the Amplify Youth Summit is mentioned.

    Get the whole story at GAM3S.GG.

  • OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included

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    Ashley Belanger

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    Ars Technica

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    David Bickham, the Digital Wellness Lab’s Research Director, considers the importance of learning how kids develop parasocial relationships with evolving AI-based characters.

    Get the whole story at Ars Technica.

  • The Search for Digital Wellness in the Screentime Era

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    Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec

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    Bloomberg Podcasts on YouTube

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    Dr. Keneisha Sinclair-McBride, Consulting Psychologist, relates some of the work of the Digital Wellness Lab and provides some advice on how to learn how to raise kids in a new, more digital world.

    Get the whole story at Bloomberg Podcasts on YouTube.

  • Maine parents say getting an old school landline for kids is revolutionary

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    Patty Wight

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    Maine Public

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    Research Director David Bickham of the Digital Wellness Lab recommends intentional, engaged introduction of devices to kids.

    Get the whole story at Maine Public.

  • How Video Games Are Shaping a Generation of Boys, for Better and Worse

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    Claire Cain Miller and Amy Fan

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    New York Times

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    Dr. Zhiying (Zoey) Yue, a Scientist with the Digital Wellness Lab, lends her expertise to explain ho young people can gain competence, autonomy, and relatedness from gaming.

    Get the whole story at New York Times.

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