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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.
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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.
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Instagram launches Family Center, an online safety hub for parents and teens
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich explains how digital independence should be tied to demonstrated responsibility.
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Massachusetts Attorney General joins coalition investigating TikTok’s impact on children
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich chime sin on how TikTok and other new platforms can be more usefully thought of as tools for parents and kids.
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A Parent’s Guide to Digital Wellness
The Digital Wellness Lab’s work to define and promote digital wellness is cited and discussed.
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Ask Me Anything: Dr. Michael Rich
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich answers questions on topics ranging from social media to gaming to remote learning and more.
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Tech vs. Parents: Getting Control of the Tech Tension
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich goes in-depth about how families can build healthy media behaviors with their kids.
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Teens’ screen time doubled to 8 hours a day during the pandemic — not counting schoolwork
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Dr. Michael Rich cautions that increased screen use can bring significant benefits as well as risks.
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FOSI 2021 – Talking to Parents About Screen Time & Digital Overload
The Digital Wellness Lab’s Kristelle Lavallee Collins contributes to an in-depth discussion of digital wellness and high amounts of media use.