Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their digital world.
Research from two Google employees found that the “trigger, action, reward” design of popular apps has conditioned mobile phone owners to the extent that they feel “phantom” cues in which they imagine they have received a message even if the phone has not issued an alert. Read the article here.
The survey also found that 40 percent of parents have to force their children to leave the house in order to spend time outdoors. Read the article here.
Parents are trying to limit the amount of time their teens spend on their phones, with mixed results. Read the article here.
Kids aren’t the only ones struggling to self-regulate their screen time. Read the article here.
It seems like teenagers would appreciate taking a break from their smartphones, if only they knew how. Read the article here.
According to new data from YouGov Omnibus, more than a third of Americans say they couldn’t go more than a few hours without their smartphones. Read the article here.
Many also would give up other things as well, including one of their five senses. Read the full article here.
If smartphones aren’t a direct cause of teenagers’ mental health struggles, their use might instead be a crucial way in which these struggles are expressed. This calls for a different set of solutions. Read the article here.
Elementary school teacher Jen Beason said four of her students told her they wished phones were never invented after giving the class a writing prompt. Read the article here.
The data suggests that the ones most hooked on their devices are those graying Gen Xers. Read the article here.