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
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“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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New National Survey and Listening Sessions Reveal Parents’ Mindsets on the Internet and Digital Media
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.
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Don’t stress about kids’ screen time, leading pediatrician says
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.
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Summer brings social media conflicts for kids and families
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.
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Schools ban phones, but do the policies work?
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.
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Would a warning on social media work to improve children’s mental health?
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.
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The Surgeon General Proposed Warning Labels On Social Media For Teens, And Experts Have Thoughts
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.
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Unsettled science on social media
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.
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LAUSD considering student cellphone ban
Dr. Michael Rich, founder of the Digital Wellness Lab, discusses on potential school phone bans and how phones can distract and tether kids.
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Instagram Is Not a Cigarette
Digital Wellness Lab research director Dr. David Bickham comments on the evolving understanding of social media’s effects on kids.
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