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Fellow Travelers: Sarah Rebick
Sarah Rebick, Director of the Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, offers an educator’s perspective on achieving digital balance. She emphasizes the importance of intentionally limiting technology to encourage students to foster deep connections and fully immerse themselves in physical experiences.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Keneisha Sinclair-McBride, PhD
Keneisha Sinclair-McBride, PhD shares her experience in breaking down communication barriers by translating complex academic information into accessible language to empower families and schools in navigating online spaces.
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Fellow Travelers: Kerry Crofton, PhD
Author Dr. Kerry Crofton offers a refreshing, action-oriented approach to digital wellness. It’s not about ditching tech, but about mindful engagement, creating healthier habits and fostering deeper connections with nature.
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The Missing Voices in School Phone Policy Debates
Authored by the Digital Wellness Lab and Young Futures in collaboration While summer break is in full gear for many students across the nation, one topic occupying educators’ and admins’ minds is effectively managing cell phones during the upcoming school year. Restrictions are on the rise across the country: 77% of public schools now prohibit…
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Leveraging Interactive Media to Foster Social-Emotional Learning for Youth
Digital media can do more than entertain—here’s how it can support youth wellbeing through embedded SEL.
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Leveraging Interactive Media to Foster Social-Emotional Learning for Youth
Exploring how social-emotional learning can be embedded in the digital platforms youth already use to support their wellbeing.
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Q2 2025 Roundup
Catch up on Q2 2025 research, news, and resources from the Digital Wellness Lab, all designed to create a healthier digital world for kids and families.
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Fellow Travelers: Dr. Rachel Kowert
As the founder of Psychgeist, Dr. Rachel Kowert, reframes the conversation from negativity and parental guilt, and emphasizes that video games and all digital media can be tools for parents and young people to interact with technology safely and responsibly.
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Fellow Travelers: Laura Marciano, PhD
Dr. Laura Marciano, a research associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, understands the importance of teens’ unique experiences and makes direct conversation and engagement a crucial preliminary step in her research process.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Sroyfah Srisunt, MD
Visiting pediatrician from Thailand, Dr. Sroyfah Srisunt, explains how children can thoughtfully navigate digital environments, safely navigate risks, learn from setbacks, and develop resilience in the digital world.
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Key Insights from our Pulse Survey – Fairness and Focus: Teens Weigh in on School Phone Policies
These takeaways from our Pulse Survey on Teens and AI underline the importance of providing young people with the tools, education, and support they need to engage with AI-powered tools.
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Pulse Survey: Fairness and Focus: Teens Weigh in on School Phone Policies
This report explores how teenagers are navigating the opportunities and challenges that come with this rapidly evolving technology, including how they are using AI, their perceptions and concerns around these tools and their applications, and the types of guidance that will enable them to use AI responsibly.
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Fellow Travelers: Ying Xu, PhD
Dr. Ying Xu, Assistant Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, shares more about her research on designing AI technologies that promote language and literacy development, and wellbeing for children and families.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Hina Talib, MD
Teen health advocate Dr. Hina Talib encourages families to talk openly with their pediatricians about digital wellness as having these conversations can keep kids safe in all spaces.
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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