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5 Strategies For Coping With Screen-Obsessed Kids

Emotional outbursts. Lost sleep. These are signs that your kids are spending too much time with digital devices. Here’s what you can do about it. Read more >>

Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World

Many parents feel that their kids are addicted, detached, or distracted because of their digital devices. Devorah Heitner, PhD, however, believes that technology offers huge potential to our children—if parents help them. Read more >>

Worried About Your Teen on Social Media? Here’s How to Help

The Wall Street Journal revealed last week that researchers at Instagram had studied for years how its photo-sharing app affects young users and found that it can be particularly harmful to teenage girls, news that alarmed parents and lawmakers. Read more >>

5 Ways to Reset Your Relationship With Screens

After months of virtual activities being the norm, how can parents wean their children and families off screens? An expert’s top advice. Read more >>

Too Much Screen Time? How to Help Your Kids Find the Right Balance

The way we talk to our kids about using technology can have a huge impact on their ability to become smart and well-rounded adults. After years of researching how to moderate kids’ screen time, I discovered how the most successful Read more >>

Glued To Your Phone? Here’s How To Rethink Your Relationship With Social Media

“The Internet can crack us open to seeing so many things that we would have never encountered otherwise. And that’s one of the most beautiful, miraculous things about it. But it can also divide our attention and make us feel Read more >>

Teens Around the World Are Lonelier Than a Decade Ago. The Reason May Be Smartphones.

Loneliness among adolescents around the globe has skyrocketed since a decade ago — and it may be tied to smartphone use, a 2021 study finds. In 36 out of 37 countries, feelings of loneliness among teenagers rose sharply between 2012 Read more >>

NetSmartz Internet Safety [web resource] [downloadable]

NetSmartz is an interactive, educational program developed by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC). NetSmartz provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children, tweens, and teens how to be safer on- and offline. Read more >>

Digital Self Harm: Is It on the Rise?

In an online forum, a message appears. It contains a threat against a student from an anonymous source. The person spotting it reports it to a school official, the website or police. After a short investigation, the findings are disturbing. Read more >>

How to Use TikTok to Engage Students in Learning

TikTok in the classroom need not be a distraction that is banned but, rather, it can be a useful tool in helping teachers reach and engage with students on a deeper and more meaningful level. Read more >>

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