By Kerry Gallagher The Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital recommends researching and talking about the lyrics of the songs your children and teens like to listen to. These songs can be from streaming services or can be in the background on social media...
By Kerry Gallagher In research released by the Family Online Safety Institute, 65% of children agree “I wish my parents took my opinion into account more on what/how they manage tech use.” As this research indicates, adolescents are more likely to abide by tech...
By Kerry Gallagher Want to have a healthier, more considered relationship with technology? Keep these 3 principles in mind and apply them to your online activities. MINDFUL: Be present to your actions, have awareness of, and responsibility over your activities online....
By Kerry Gallagher Learn more about the research on phone notifications and how teens and preteens experience them every day. This short podcast recording from Common Sense offers teen perspectives and helpful tips to start the conversation with the teens in your life...
By Kerry Gallagher Do you find the adolescents in your life defaulting to screens, scrolling through short clips from social media, or streaming video after auto-loading video on YouTube? There are ways to nudge their attention toward online influencers who use those...
By Kerry Gallagher The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that “screen media consumption is inversely correlated with fruit and vegetable intake and directly correlated with energy-dense, nutrient-poor snacks, drinks, and food.” More fast food, sugar beverages,...