David Bickham, the Digital Wellness Lab’s Research Director, considers the importance of learning how kids develop parasocial relationships with evolving AI-based characters.
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OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included
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The Search for Digital Wellness in the Screentime Era
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.
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Maine parents say getting an old school landline for kids is revolutionary
Research Director David Bickham of the Digital Wellness Lab recommends intentional, engaged introduction of devices to kids.
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How Video Games Are Shaping a Generation of Boys, for Better and Worse
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.
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11th Safe & Healthy School Summit coming to GCC
Digital Wellness Lab Director Dr. Michael Rich’ keynote talk for the summit, “Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Humans in the Age of Social Media and AI,” is previewed.
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How Can Parents Promote Safe and Smart Screen Use?
Founder of the Digital Wellness Lab Dr. Michael Rich shares some of the lab’s research-built insights about balanced youth use of tech and media.
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Cell Phone Bans in Schools: What Parents Need to Know
Information on the effects of phone bans in schools by the Digital Wellness Lab is cited.
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This counterintuitive advice about kids and phones makes a lot of sense
Research Director David Bickham of the Digital Wellness Lab stresses the importance of families using devices when needed and of engaging with kids about tech in a trusting and trusted way.
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People Are Downgrading Their Smartphones For Less Screen Time — And Experts Have Thoughts
Cori Stott, Executive Director of the Digital Wellness Lab, explains how unlike substance addictions, tech and media use cannot be addressed ith abstinence in most cases.
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Teacher Talk | What Emerging Research Says About School Cell Phone Bans
The Digital Wellness Lab’s deep dive into research around the impacts of cell phone policies in schools, What the Science Says: Smartphones in Schools, is highlighted.
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