FAMILY DIGITAL WELLNESS GUIDE
For Immediate Help
If you’re experiencing an emergency, please call 911.
If you’re feeling depressed or suicidal, talk to a trusted adult, or call or text one of the resources listed below.
- Crisis Text Line offers 24/7 mental health and crisis intervention support via chat or via text message.
- Text HOME to 741741
- Access the chat function on their website
- Send a message via WhatsApp
- National Domestic Violence Hotline offers 24/7 support and intervention for those experiencing violence in the home.
- Call 1-800-799-SAFE
- Text START to 88788
- Access the chat function on their website
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline offers 24/7 support for those in distress and for their family and loved ones.
- Call 988 to reach a crisis counselor
- Access the chat function on their website
- The Trevor Project offers resources and crisis intervention for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, & questioning young people
- Call 1-866-488-7386
- Text START to 678678
- Access the chat function on their website
- The Partnership to End Addiction offers resources and intervention support for families of youth struggling with substance use.
- Make an appointment to speak to a specialist
- Text CONNECT to 55753
- Email a specialist using this form
There are many organizations offering additional resources on child and adolescent development, parenting approaches, and digital wellness. We recommend the following for additional information:
Parenting Support & Child and Adolescent Development
- Zero to Three
- Child Mind Institute
- Healthy Children from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
- Learning for Justice
- BabyCenter
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Child Development Institute
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
- Sesame Street in Communities
- PBS Parents