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September 2021

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  • The 5 M’s of digital wellness: Tips to keep your kids from constant online scrolling

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    Grace Springer

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    The Canton Repository

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    Nicole Powell, Clinical Research Specialist at the Digital Wellness Lab, presents to parents on how help their kids to develop good digital habits.

    Get the whole story at The Canton Repository.

  • School’s out, and the kids are bored. That’s not necessarily a bad thing

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    Genaro C. Armas

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    The Journal-Courier

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    Dr. Michael Rich, founder of the Digital Wellness Lab, explains the developmental benefits of boredom.

    Get the whole story at The Journal-Courier .

  • “Let go of the illusion that you can enforce screen time limits or even measure screen time in today’s media environment.”

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    Governing staff

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    Governing

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    Dr. Michael Rich of the Digital Wellness Lab is quoted from his recent conversation with Axios about the complexity of raising kids around screen devices

    Get the whole story at Governing.

  • New National Survey and Listening Sessions Reveal Parents’ Mindsets on the Internet and Digital Media

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    Heidi May Wilson

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    National PTA

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s pulse survey, Adolescent Media Use: Attitudes, Effects, and Online Experiences, is referenced, highlighting that parents and kids may well have different perspectives on tech use.

    Get the whole story at National PTA.

  • Don’t stress about kids’ screen time, leading pediatrician says

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    Jennifer A. Kingson

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    Axios

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich provides a wealth of best practices to help kids learn to use smartphones as they need to while staying healthy and well.

    Get the whole story at Axios.

  • Summer brings social media conflicts for kids and families

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    WellSpan staff

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    WellSpan

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    Adolescents report body-image risks from their own social media use as elucidated by Adolescent Media Use: Attitudes, Effects, and Online Experiences, a Digital Wellness Lab pulse survey.

    Get the whole story at WellSpan.

  • Schools ban phones, but do the policies work?

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    Jennifer A. Kingson

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    Axios

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    Digital Wellness Lab director Dr. Michael Rich concurs that phones should not be active distractions in schools but points out that kids will need to learn to use phones in healthy ways as useful tools.

    Get the whole story at Axios.

  • Would a warning on social media work to improve children’s mental health?

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    Cassie McGrath

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    Healthcare Brew

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    Research Director Dr. David Bickham of the Digital Wellness Lab explains that, unlike tobacco, social media platforms have both positive and negative effects on kids.

    Get the whole story at Healthcare Brew.

  • The Surgeon General Proposed Warning Labels On Social Media For Teens, And Experts Have Thoughts

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    Marie Holmes

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    Huffpost

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    Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is cited as using The Digital Wellness Lab Pulse Survey, Adolescent Media Use: Attitudes, Effects, and Online Experiences, and Lab director Dr. Michael Rich cautions that social media can have legitimate benefits, unlike smoking.

    Get the whole story at Huffpost.

  • Unsettled science on social media

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    H. Holden Thorp

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    Science

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    Dr. Michael Rich, director of the Digital Wellness Lab, is cited, advising that children should learn to use phones and social media as the tools they are.

    Get the whole story at Science.

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