Later this month, we will be celebrating the third anniversary of the official launch of the Digital Wellness Lab. As the date approaches, we’re reminded of what we set out to accomplish: creating an empathetic and respectful world in which our kids can grow up healthy, smart, and kind.
In the past year, we significantly increased our research capacity and further focused our topics of inquiry to dive even more deeply into the ways technology and media can impact young people’s mental, social, and emotional health. We also invested in ways to more quickly and effectively translate our findings into guidance for families, and recommendations for the tech and healthcare industries to make their products and services healthier and safer for young people. To learn more about our work last year, please check out our 2023 Impact Report
Together, we have the opportunity to catalyze a paradigm shift in how we — families, educators, policy-makers, tech and media companies, and young people themselves — approach digital wellness, and in doing so, we can create a brighter, healthier future for generations to come.
All our best to you and yours,
Cori Stott Executive Director The Digital Wellness Lab
What digital wellness skills and knowledge do young people need at each age and stage of development? What is the responsibility of us as adults to make the internet a healthier place?
To answer these important questions, the Lab, with support from Pinterest, convened more than 60 experts from across different disciplines — including technology, media, education, mental health, government/regulation, and advocacy — for the first of a series of Inspired Internet Pledge gatherings titled, “Tuning for Wellbeing.”
Get the full report with key takeaways and recommendations here.
We believe that by following the science, we can create an empathetic and respectful world in which our kids can grow up healthy, smart, and kind.
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This month will find our team out sharing our digital wellbeing expertise across the country:
— Co-hosting the “Building a Strong Foundation for Digital Safety” panel with Roblox and serving as a panelist in the “Cultivating Citizenship Through Digital Interactions” panel with Riot Games and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop at the SXSW Conference in Austin, TX
— Keynoting a presentation about our research on young people’s mental health in an online world at the National PTA’s Thought Leader convening “Exploring the Intersection of Youth Well-Being and Technology” in Washington, DC
— Disseminating the CIMAID team’s firsthand clinical experience with treating adolescents and their families for PIMU, at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine 2024 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA
— Leading a panel on “Unlocking the Positive Potential of Gaming for Kids and Teens” addressing positive and healthy gaming experiences for kids and teens at PAX East here in Boston in collaboration with colleagues from Modulate, FableVision, and Mightier
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