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  • Tech vs. Parents: Getting Control of the Tech Tension

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    Susan Borison

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    Your Teen Magazine for Parents

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich goes in-depth about how families can build healthy media behaviors with their kids.

    Get the whole story at Your Teen Magazine for Parents.

  • Teens’ screen time doubled to 8 hours a day during the pandemic — not counting schoolwork

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    Gabrielle Emanuel

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    WBUR Boston

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich cautions that increased screen use can bring significant benefits as well as risks.

    Get the whole story at WBUR Boston.

  • FOSI 2021 – Talking to Parents About Screen Time & Digital Overload

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    Catherine Teitelbaum (moderator)

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    Family Online Safety Institute

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Kristelle Lavallee Collins contributes to an in-depth discussion of digital wellness and high amounts of media use.

    Get the whole story at Family Online Safety Institute .

  • FOSI 2021 – Technology’s Positive Role in Child Development

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    Stephen Balkam (moderator)

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    Family Online Safety Institute

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich engages in a panel discussion on intentional and positive use of digital tools.

    Get the whole story at Family Online Safety Institute.

  • How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World

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    Belinda Luscombe

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    Time

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains how developing young minds can connect with personalities of media figures.

    Get the whole story at Time.

  • Screen Time of Teens Rise to 7.7 Hours During COVID-19 Pandemic on Top of Online School: Study

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    Teejay Boris

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    Tech Times

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich brings up school-related and ambient exposure to screens as additional context to large pandemic-related recreational screen use increases in children.

    Get the whole story at Tech Times.

  • Researchers study TikTok videos as unexplained tics appear in teens

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    Ash-har Quraishi

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    thedenverchannel.com

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich points out that suggestible symptoms like tics can cause widespread effects on any large media platform.

    Get the whole story at thedenverchannel.com.

  • Screen time among teenagers during COVID more than doubled outside of virtual school, study finds

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    Adrianna Rodriguez

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    USA Today

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains the complex relationship between screen media use and youth mental health

    Get the whole story at USA Today.

  • Pandemic myths are all over social media—and they’re dangerous for kids

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    McKenna Becker

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    National Geographic

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains the importance of teaching developing young minds how to discern good information from misinformation.

    Get the whole story at National Geographic.

  • Social Media Addiction: Facebook Whistleblower Urges Congress to Act

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    The Ten

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    NBC Boston

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains the motivations of youth with social media and the differences between problematic social media use and chemical addictions.

    Get the whole story at NBC Boston.

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