Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their digital world.
Researchers discovered that kids who exercised more and used technology less during the pandemic had better mental health outcomes. Read the article here.
The majority of US parents (51%) reported giving their children 3 hours or more of daily screen time for anything other than homework. Read the article here.
Teens need to regularly switch screen time for physical activity for the sake of their health and mental wellbeing, according to a University of Queensland-led study. Read the article here.
A recently completed study shows that six hours of leisure-time physical activity per week at the age of 11 reduces the risk of being overweight at 14 years of age associated with heavy use of digital media. Read the article here.
For many years now, some experts have been saying that smartphones and social media harm teens while others have dismissed those concerns as just another moral panic, no different from those that accompanied the arrival of video games, television and even comic books. Read the article here.
Researchers say the combination of home confinement and too much time looking at digital screens appears to be severely impacting kids’ vision. Read the article here.
There’s little doubt remote learning and child care issues are pushing more parents to rely on screens to keep their children preoccupied during COVID-19. Read the article here.
Once school ends, a recent study finds two-thirds of children spend their evenings and weekends staring at up to four screens at once. Read the article here.
Protect Young Minds provides reasons that Instagram for kids is not developmentally age-appropriate. Read the article here.