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What Role Does Social Media Use Play in the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Researchers Are Trying to Find Out
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. David Bickham explains the complex and varied interactions kids have with various types of social media. -
Investigation into TikTok looks at impacts on youth mental health
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains how algorithms and user-created content can impact still-developing young minds. -
From affordable childcare to school in the metaverse: What will childhood look like in 30 years?
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich talks about children learning from everything around them, not just formal education. -
Creating and Keeping a Solid Foundation
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich discusses the importance of family connection with kids in digital and offline spaces. Listen on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, or Google Podcasts. -
Are video games to blame for gun violence?
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich presents insights about desensitization to violence and about adults’ roles in helping kids handle violence and video games well. -
Multiplayer Games Online: How to Help Keep Kids Safe
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich provides detailed guidance on best practices for gaming online safely. -
Is Tech Destroying Kids’ Social Skills? Here’s How Social-Emotional Learning Can Help
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains how youth can have different perceptions than adults about privacy or the distinction between digital and real worlds. -
Digital Wellness with Dr Michael Rich
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich discusses parenting advice for a healthy digital upbringing and the resources available at the Digital Wellness Lab. They also discuss PIMU – “Problematic Interactive Media Usage” – and the underlying issues that correspond to its appearance in certain populations of children. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or the Parenting the Adlerian Way podcast. -
Are Screens Breaking Kids’ Brains?
Is a rise in screen time changing the way children’s brains develop? Dr. Michael Rich, Director of the Boston Children’s Hospital Digital Wellness Lab, explains how the infant brain works and how it responds differently to online and offline activities. Pediatrician and clinical researcher Dr. John Hutton walks co-hosts Nicole Edwards and Taylor Owen through his research using MRI to study the effects of screen time on white matter in preschoolers. Finally, Dr. Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Director of the Infant Language Laboratory at Temple University, explains why not all screen time is equal, and shares tools to help evaluate the quality of the content kids are consuming. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or the Screen Time podcast.