Jul 16, 2025
By Kerry Gallagher Teens need between 8 to 11 hours of sleep per night, and less than 2 in 10 teens report regularly getting that much. Their circadian rhythms shift to later hours in the teen years, meaning they aren’t tired until later in the evening and struggle to...
Jul 9, 2025
By Kerry GallagherAccording to new research on sextortion from Thorn, 1 in 5 kids ages 13-17 have already experienced it. Sextortion is threatening to expose sexual images of someone if they don’t yield to demands. Often this takes the form of financial sextortion....
Jul 2, 2025
By Kerry GallagherLast week, the New York Times reported on a new study from Columbia University in which “Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to...
Jun 24, 2025
By Kerry GallagherOnline child sexual abuse takes many forms. It is no longer limited to our traditional understanding of child sexual abuse images that are created by adult offenders. It has been estimated that 88% of the explicit images of minors that are shared and...
Jun 18, 2025
By Kerry Gallagher News media literacy is a skill important for adolescents and teens to develop. They should be learning to watch, listen, or read and then take the essential step of thinking critically about the information that has been reported to...
Jun 10, 2025
By Kerry Gallagher Summer is the perfect time for your family to plan for time to connect without using technology. The research suggests that even short breaks from our phones (20-30 minutes here and there) can result in better mental health and overall wellbeing. As...
