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Opinion | It’s Not Kids With the Cellphone Problem, It’s Parents
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Banning phones in school is hard. But it’s the right thing to do.
Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s The Evidence.
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Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational
Solving the Social Dilemma: Many Paths to Social Media Reform
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For those who are purchasing a gaming system this holiday season, read this article and apply liberally!10 Tips for Healthy Video Game Habits
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Learn how to help protect your child’s well-being and safety with our 10 tips for healthy video game habits.
More whistles are being blown....Social Media and the Teen Mental Health Crisis | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Opinion | Schools should ban smartphones. Parents should help.
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The evidence that smartphones harm young people is impossible to ignore. Why are parents helping to keep them in schools?
How does exposure to the outdoors during childhood shape their future as an adult, impacting them physically, mentally, emotionally, and even morally?Early interaction with nature significantly contributes to positive long-term outcomes. Time spent outdoors, whether engaging in play, outdoor education, recreational activities, or tending to gardens, plays a pivotal role in fostering resilience and positively influencing the mental and physical well-being of our youth.
Discover more about the multitude of benefits nature offers our children in this article.
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The lawsuits demonstrate the broad bipartisan interest in protecting kids and teens from online harm.
AI fake nudes are booming. It’s ruining real teens’ lives.
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AI makes it easy to create fake nude photos of anyone. Data shows an unprecedented boom in 2023.
RUiWise?“I think the more we can hold off on giving kids technology — the longer, the better,” Laurie Santos, the professor behind Yale’s most popular course and host of the podcast “The Happiness Lab,” tells CNBC Make It.The article references other reports and studies which we have shared.
"That screen time is seldom used for creative activities like coding or making digital art. Rather, young people spend most of their phone time on social media or watching videos, Common Sense head of research Michael Robb wrote in an analysis of the report."
Kids build so many other foundational pieces of their brain development, life skills, social skills, executive functioning skills, and so much more when they are living life off screens.
"Parents should also lead by example, Santos adds: If you’re constantly on your cell phone, it’ll be harder to justify why your child can’t have one." This is always hard to hear, but important to reflect on and consider. What does your phone use as an adult look like?
See the article here: www.cnbc.com/2023/10/23/wait-as-long-as-possible-to-give-kids-a-phone-yale-psychology-expert.html
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➡ Prioritize life off of screens. 💪🧠
➡ Delay a phone for your adolescent as long as possible. When it is necessary, use a talk/text-only phone like the Gabb phone.
➡ Delay social media until 18! Social media is not for kids.
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