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Using AI to Augment, Not Replace Our Learning
Student Advisory Council member Willow examines the impact of AI on cognitive offloading in education—offering an evidence-backed 3-step framework to help students use AI for augmentation rather than as a replacement for critical thinking.
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What We Learned About How Teens in Brazil, France, and the US Are Using AI
Concern about teens and AI tends to cluster around a few worst-case scenarios. Our latest Pulse Survey of nearly 2,850 teens across the U.S., Brazil, and France offers a more nuanced view.
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Pulse Survey: How Teens Are Using AI to Learn, Create, and Connect—Insights from Brazil, France, and the United States
A Digital Wellness Lab Pulse Survey of nearly 2,850 adolescents examines how teens in the U.S., Brazil, and France engage with AI chatbots for learning, creativity, advice, and social connection.
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How Students Can Integrate Artificial Intelligence and EdTech into their Learning Experience
Student Advisory Council member Azalea G. interviews Scroll by Choice CEO Riz Vazir to explore how families and schools can move beyond device bans toward a future of intentional technology use and personal agency.
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2025 Impact Report
Young people are the experts about their own digital lives. Our 2025 research reinforces this idea again and again. Teens approach technology with more intention, nuance, and self-awareness than they are often given credit for.
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Amplifying Youth Voices: Young People Are the Experts on Their Own Digital Lives
Young people are the experts about their own digital lives. That insight defines this year’s Impact Report.
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Five Years of Following the Science
The Lab reflects on five years of independent research, youth partnership, industry collaboration, and what it means for the future of digital wellness.
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Managing Current Events Anxiety in a Digital Age
Bansi, an alumna of the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2023-2024 Student Advisory Council, gets in-depth about strategies for coping with the world and overwhelming news.
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Fellow Travelers: Dr. Aparna Samuel Balasundaram
Dr. Aparna Samuel Balasundaram, Global Head of Wellbeing and Resilience at AI & Immersive Operations, BPS, Wipro, shares a behind-the-scenes look at how Trust and Safety teams work to protect vulnerable users—particularly children and teens—from digital harm by creating digital ecosystems that are ethical, inclusive, and safe.
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Research Brief: Young People’s Use of Avatars and Virtual Character Customization
This research brief reviews how young people access certain types of content frequently cited as concerning by regulators and platforms (e.g. violence, sexual content), and how young people respond to harmful content, including youth viewpoints on content moderation practices.
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Key Insights from Our Pulse Survey: What We Learned About How Teens Experience Belonging
Our new research reveals how today’s adolescents find support, friendship, and community, and why the “online vs. offline” debate misses the point.
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Pulse Survey: Where Teens Find Belonging: Connection and Support in Online and Offline Spaces
Our survey of 1,598 U.S. adolescents reveals that online and offline belonging are deeply interconnected, and that digital spaces extend rather than replace in-person connection.
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A Future Worth Spreading
Jeremy, a mentor for the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2025-2026 Student Advisory Council, uses a hot metaphor to explain the importance of media literacy and education when kids get new tech.
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AI in Early Childhood: Insights from a Cross-Sector Workshop
The Digital Wellness Lab convened 15 experts to examine guidance gaps for AI products designed for young children. Here’s what emerged – and what’s next.
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Q3 2025 Roundup
From new research on social-emotional learning to opening applications for our Student Advisory Council, here’s what the Digital Wellness Lab accomplished in Q3 2025.