Social Media — News & Popular Guides
Parent’s Guide to Social Media and Digital Wellness
A practical guide to raising resilient teens in an always-connected world.
Logging Off: Why More Teens Are Deleting Instagram
If you had asked me a few years ago if I could ever delete Instagram, I would have interpreted the question as a joke.
Weighing In on Tech’s Biggest Questions
A Youth Advisory Council perspective on social media bans, AI’s impact on jobs and the growing push for balance in a digital world
Parent’s Guide to TikTok
Parents don’t need to be tech experts to help teens use TikTok safely.
Guide to Taking Control of Your Instagram Feed
How to control what you see (and don’t see) on Instagram.
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What You Need to Know about Instagram Map
Instagram’s new map lets you share locations with friends—useful, but raises privacy concerns parents and users must manage.
Treating Social Media as Windows into the Lives of Others
It’s important to remember that they are only snapshots into their lives.
New Report: Designing Digital Safety with Youth in Mind
A thoughtful and much-needed framework for reimagining what it means to protect kids online.
Parent’s Guide to Instagram
Instagram offers special protections with teen accounts.
Parent’s Guide to Discord
Discord supports voice, video, and text chat with over 200 million monthly users.
Parent’s Guide to Snapchat
Snapchat is for fun and spontaneity, with text, photos, and videos deleting after viewing.
Fine-Tuning Social Media to Make It Work for Me
In the end, it’s not about escaping the digital world but about mastering it, one mindful scroll at a time.
Parent and Guardian Guide to Meta Horizon Worlds
Meta Horizon Worlds is now available to teens ages 13-17 and preteens ages 10-12.
Mixed Feelings About Bill to Limit Smartphones in School
The bipartisan bill would require school districts to develop and adopt a policy to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of smartphones.
Logging Off: Why More Teens Are Deleting Instagram
If you had asked me a few years ago if I could ever delete Instagram, I would have interpreted the question as a joke.
Weighing In on Tech’s Biggest Questions
A Youth Advisory Council perspective on social media bans, AI’s impact on jobs and the growing push for balance in a digital world
Instagram Adopts “PG-13” Defaults for Teen Accounts: What Parents & Teens Should Know
Instagram will automatically places users under 18 into “13+” mode.
What You Need to Know about Instagram Map
Instagram’s new map lets you share locations with friends—useful, but raises privacy concerns parents and users must manage.
Treating Social Media as Windows into the Lives of Others
It’s important to remember that they are only snapshots into their lives.
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Fine-Tuning Social Media to Make It Work for Me
In the end, it’s not about escaping the digital world but about mastering it, one mindful scroll at a time.
Parent and Guardian Guide to Meta Horizon Worlds
Meta Horizon Worlds is now available to teens ages 13-17 and preteens ages 10-12.
Mixed Feelings About Bill to Limit Smartphones in School
The bipartisan bill would require school districts to develop and adopt a policy to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of smartphones.
Anxiety, Social Media, and the News
“The more we seek certainty over what will happen in the future, the more anxious we will feel.”
Why Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning Label is a Bad Idea
The Surgeon General called for a warning label on social media platforms, but it’s not a good idea
China Ownership Grabs Headlines, but TikTok has Reasonable Teen Safety Policies
President Biden signed a law requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok within a year or face a U.S. ban.
Parent’s Guide to ZEPETO
ZEPETO is popular among teens for designing content, fashion, items, and virtual environments.
Time to Think about Back-to-School Devices and Policies
If buying a device, consider school recommendations, education discounts, and specific needs for different grades.
Ask Trish: What is X?
So Twitter is now X? What does that actually mean? What’s going on?