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Teen Voices Shaping a Healthier Digital World: Highlights from the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council Presentations
The Digital Wellness Lab convened its 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council, a dynamic group of 17 high school students from around the United States, for their year-end presentations
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Inspired Internet Pledge: Q1 2025 Signatory and Advisor Activities
Explore Q1 ’25 highlights from the Lab’s Inspired Internet Pledge’s Signatories and Advisors working to create a safer and healthier digital ecosystem.
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Teen Voices: Yuki
Yuki, a member of the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council, shares how balancing openness with guidance is crucial for fostering healthy digital habits for teens.
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Fellow Travelers: Leah Plunkett, JD
Leah Plunkett, Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, discusses the critical importance of protecting digital privacy for kids, and how thoughtful design and product choices can positively impact their online environments.
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Q1 2025 Roundup
Catch up on the Digital Wellness Lab’s Q1 2025 highlights, including new research, expert panels, and a look at how tech is shaping youth mental health.
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Teen Voices: Taanvi
Taanvi, a member of the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council, is passionate about using her voice to transform isolation into connection, and to build online communities that support mental health.
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Fellow Travelers: Carson Domey
Carson Domey, executive director at the Coalition for Student Wellbeing, speaks about the value of incorporating mental health education and digital literacy skills into K-12 education curricula.
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Fellow Travelers: Amanda Morin
Amanda Morin, author and neurodiversity consultant, provides guidance on how to band together as a digital village and make online spaces safe and supportive for everyone.
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Teen Voices: Tara
Tara, a member of the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council, would like to see social media and technology designed with the end user in mind to better protect the youth of today and tomorrow.
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Beyond the Headlines: What Kids Need in Today’s Digital World
As we release our 2024 Impact Report, our leadership shares a letter reflecting on the year’s conversations around youth wellbeing and interactive media, exploring the most effective ways to help young people thrive in today’s digital world.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Desiree Sierra-Velez, MD
Desiree Sierra-Velez, pediatric gastroenterologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, explains how technology and tools can help empower teens to take care of their health, an important step towards autonomy over their healthcare decision-making.
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Teen Voices: Jeremy
Jeremy, a member of the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council, shares his perspective on the opportunities with technology, and developing a healthy relationship with the digital world.
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Fellow Travelers: Adele Taylor
Adele Taylor, Senior Manager, Youth Programs and Partnerships at NoFiltr, urges tech platforms to take a safety by design approach to building products.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Anna Kirillova, OD, MS, FAAO
Anna Kirillova, OD, MS, FAAO talks about the importance of teaching kids that the internet and media are tools for the world, but are not the world itself.
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Q4 2024 Roundup
Digital Wellness Lab’s Q4 highlights: New teen AI research, #InspiredInternet Pledge convening, and global digital wellbeing forums.