We hear directly from youth that their lived reality is one seamless environment with little distinction between their digital and non-digital experiences — making digital wellness a journey, not an…
In this post, Oluwatomilola (Tomi) Idowu, a graduate research intern at the Lab in 2023-24, discusses the impact of AI on youth personal growth and development.
In 2020, there were 18.6 billion hours of video gameplay watched on Twitch, where 41% of registered users are aged 16-24. Learn about the benefits and risks of video game…
Jason Fogler, PhD. Attending Psychologist, Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital; LEND Director, Boston Children’s Hospital & the Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston; Assistant Professor of…
Meredith Gansner, MD – Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital – Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
At the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, we seek to understand and promote positive and healthy digital media experiences for young people, from birth…
Welcome to the Digital Wellness Lab! Over the past year, what we used to call the virtual world has become… the world. The global pandemic instantaneously shifted nearly every human…
Sharon, a member of our 2023-24 Student Advisory Council, shares what adults don’t understand about teens and the impact of social media on their lives, stressing that not all teens…
In this Pulse Survey, we asked over 1,400 adolescents (ages 13-17) about the different scenarios and contexts involved in their social video game play.