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  • Surgeon General warns about social media and youth mental health

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    Juli McDonald

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    CBS News

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s work studying the health effects of the internet on youth is cited, and Director Dr. Michael Rich is quoted about efforts to help guide parents and to help companies make healthier products.

    Get the whole story at CBS News.

  • Tips to help families manage screen time battles from Boston Children’s Hospital’s Digital Center

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    Vanessa Welch and Christine Swartz

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    Boston 25 News

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains some of the work of the Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID,) and he gives advice on helping children manage screen media with 5 M’s: Modeling, Mentoring, Monitoring, Mastery, and Making memories.

    Get the whole story at Boston 25 News.

  • How physicians can help parents address kids’ social media use

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    Sara Berg, MS

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    American Medical Association

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    Digital Wellness Lab founder Dr. Michael Rich goes in depth explaining ways healthcare providers can help handle social media’s impact on youth.

    Get the whole story at American Medical Association.

  • Half of US Teens Say They’ve Experienced Cyberbullying — What Parents Need to Know

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    Eileen Finan

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    PEOPLE Magazine

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich answers a wide variety of questions on how families can help guide kids through the complex risks of increasingly online lives.

    Get the whole story at PEOPLE Magazine.

  • Expert calls for increase in digital wellness awareness

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    TVC News staff

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    TVC News

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    An effort to increase the awareness of the need for digital wellness in Nigeria cites the expertise of the Digital Wellness Lab.

    Get the whole story at TVC News.

  • The Guptas on Parenting in the Social Media Era

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    Dr. Sanjay Gupta

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    CNN Chasing Life Podcast

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    Digital Wellness Lab’s founder Dr. Michael Rich explains that social media use can be an attempt to self-soothe.

    Get the whole story at CNN Chasing Life Podcast.

  • CBS News Prime Time

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    John Dickerson

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    CBS News

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains the positive and negative effects of social media, citing the Lab’s recent Pulse Survey results. He also emphasizes the need for parents to become and stay engaged with their children. (Starting at 15:00 of the video)

    Get the whole story at CBS News.

  • For Parents Fearful Of Their Teens’ Social Media Use, Here’s Some Hope — And Advice

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    Marie Holmes

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    HuffPost

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    The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich talks about the importance about engaging with kids as individuals and learning about their lives to help develop healthy social media habits.

    Get the whole story at HuffPost.

  • The Digital Wellness Lab aims to mediate between TikTok and parents

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    Jennifer A. Kingson

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    Axios

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    An in-depth profile of the Digital Wellness Lab and the digital media environment that makes the Lab’s work so vital.

    Get the whole story at Axios.

  • TikTok Claims It’s Limiting Teen Screen Time. Teens Say It Isn’t.

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    Sapna Maheshwari

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    The New York Times

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    TikTok recently placed a 60-minute “daily screen time limit” on the app for users under 18. While that limit can be overridden with passcodes, the hope is that the pause will serve as a “speed bump” to force teens to think about what they’re doing and decide if they want to continue. The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich was interviewed for this article.

    Get the whole story at The New York Times.

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