For Parents Fearful Of Their Teens’ Social Media Use, Here’s Some Hope — And Advice
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich talks about the importance about engaging with kids as individuals and learning about their lives to help develop healthy social media habits.
Get the whole story at HuffPost.The Digital Wellness Lab aims to mediate between TikTok and parents
An in-depth profile of the Digital Wellness Lab and the digital media environment that makes the Lab’s work so vital.
Get the whole story at Axios.TikTok Claims It’s Limiting Teen Screen Time. Teens Say It Isn’t.
TikTok recently placed a 60-minute “daily screen time limit” on the app for users under 18. While that limit can be overridden with passcodes, the hope is that the pause will serve as a “speed bump” to force teens to think about what they’re doing and decide if they want to continue. The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich was interviewed for this article.
Get the whole story at The New York Times.Social media is devastating teens’ mental health. Here’s what parents can do.
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich contributes practical advice on how to help children develop healthy media habits.
Get the whole story at The Washington Post.The Selfie Effect on Your Brain
Professor Keneisha Sinclair-McBride, a child psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital who consults with the Digital Wellness Lab, gets in depth with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the mental health effects of youth use of social media. She also offers some reassurance based on her clinical experience with young people today. (Starting at 9:00 of the audio)
Get the whole story at CNN Chasing Life Podcast.TikTok is rolling out screen time limits and expanding family pairing
Digital Wellness Lab expertise and guidance is cited as helping to shape TikTok’s new features to aid young users in creating healthy limits.
This story has been widely covered, including by the BBC, NPR, Yahoo, and USA Today, among many other outlets.
Get the whole story at NBC News.More teens turning to TikTok to get mental health advice
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich uses research to answer questions about the benefits and risks of youth turning to social media for mental health support.
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