Michael Rich, MD, founder of the Digital Wellness Lab, stresses the values of boredom and calls out the default behavior that screen use has become for so many people.
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Why I’m Letting My Kids Be Bored This Summer—and Experts Say It’s Good for Them
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Teens, screens and a hill of beans? The gap between the headline you want and the headline you get
Digital Wellness Lab Scientist Zhiying (Zoey) Yue brings a discussion of young people’s mental health in a digital age down to earth by citing her own extensive and personal experience with the gaming.
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Are Screens Shrinking Our Kids’ Attention Spans?
Director Dr. Michael Rich of the Digital Wellness Lab comments about the unprecedented rapid-fire attention shifts that kids are exposed to now.
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What is ‘Looksmaxxing’ and why are doctors sounding the alarm?
The Digital Wellness Lab’s 2022 Pulse Survey Adolescent Media Use: Attitudes, Effects, and Online Experiences is cited for statistics on social media’s effects on teen body image.
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Decentering screens in our everyday lives
Dr. Keneisha Sinclair-McBride, Consulting Psychologist with the Digital Wellness Lab, talks in depth about the complex tradeoffs inherent in time on screen for kids.
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Would cellphone or social media ban work? Boston Children’s Hospital doctor weighs in.
Dr. Michael Rich, director of the Digital Wellness Lab, weighs in on the hot topic of banning devices and media use by kids and teens.
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Shaping the future of media literacy: Inside Vanderbilt’s McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies
The inaugural Amplify Youth Summit, hosted by the McGee Center, is touted, for which the Digital Wellness Lab partnered with the National Association for Media Literacy Education.
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Why Monitoring Alone Isn’t Enough To Keep Teens Safe Online
Digital Wellness Lab research is cited on the topic of negative teen reactions to undisclosed surveillance.
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Landmark verdicts against social media companies in the USA
Digital Wellness Lab founder Dr. Michael Rich comments on the complexity of youth interaction with social media and on the importance of young people contributing to the conversation about their experiences.
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Column: When it comes to social media, parents may be the ‘anxious generation’
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Family Digital Wellness Guide is called out as an excellent research-backed resource.
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