Benefits of Video Game Play: Content and Context Matter
Sam Schwamm is a research intern with the Lab and provides support on multiple Lab projects, assisting in data collection, management, and analysis. His academic and professional interests center
What’s Going With Us: A Guide for Parents from a Teen
Ibne Tamim is a senior at Manhattan Center For Science and Mathematics High School in New York City. Her passion and interest in behavioral and cognitive psychology inspired her to
How You (and Your Kids) Can Feel Empowered by Social Media
Carmelita (Cat) Tiu is passionate about personal growth, positive psychology, raising good humans and doing what you can with what you’ve got. She’s a mom of two girls, attorney, consultant,
What the Pandemic Did to Us: My Experience and a Little Advice for Parents
About the author: Allison Flewelling is a Peabody Memorial High School student interested in a career in medicine. During the summer of 2022, she was a COACH intern with the
Intern Spotlight: Sam Schwamm
Meet our graduate research intern, Sam Schwamm! Sam is a second-year Master’s student in the Eliot-Pearson Child Study and Human Development program at Tufts University. He joined the Digital Wellness
Michael Carter, Ph.D, Adds to the Lab’s Expertise
Within his role as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Digital Wellness, Michael will work with the Lab to investigate ways to advance the design of interactive media for the health
The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is passed in California
Newly passed legislation in California, Assembly Bill 2273, The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, seeks to protect children by requiring online services to proactively design their products and features to
Our latest Pulse Survey results are in!
Do you ever wonder what your teenager is thinking as they scroll through their phone or sit glued to their laptop? Parents have a lot of opinions about their kids’
Parent’s Guide to Going Back to School with Technology
Sharpened pencils and cool first-day outfits have always been part of the back-to-school fun, but for today’s kids, things aren’t as analog as they used to be. The COVID-19 pandemic