news you can use
Our hope is to keep you informed on news about digital parenting. Be sure to check back here to stay up to date on new research, digital trends and helpful stories for your family. Many of these articles can be great conversation starters with your children.
Smartphones
“My Phoneless 11-Year-Old Was Lost in Manhattan and Survived.” New York Times
“Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” The Atlantic
“Communications time bomb: Parents’ smartphone use could be the new secondhand smoke.” USA Today
“There’s a nasty world out there, and your kids should not have access to it by smartphone.” Chicago Tribune
“I’m 16 and Traded My iPhone for a Flip Phone and I've Never Been Happier.” Seventeen Magazine
“Grade School Students Who Own Cell Phones are More Likely to be Cyber bullied.” AAP News
“I won’t buy my teenagers smartphones.” The Atlantic
“The Children of Pornhub.” New York Times
Impact of Too Much Screen Time
“Groundbreaking Study Examines Effects of Screen Time on Kids.” CBS 60 Minutes
“Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Consequences for Young Children’s Brains.” Time Magazine
“Putting down your phone may help you live longer.” New York Times
“Study: Limiting kids' screen time improves brain function.” USA Today
“What is "brain hacking"? Tech insiders on why you should care.” CBS 60 Minutes
Social Media
Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
I Grew Up ‘Under A Rock’: My Parents Banned Social Media Until I was 17. I am Glad They Did. USA Today
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show Wall Street Journal
Instagram Is No place For Kids Bloomberg
“How TikTok Serves Up Sex and Drug Videos To Minors.” Wall Street Journal
“Why Social Media is Not Smart for Middle School Kids.” Psychology Today
“Three hours per day on social media can harm teens’ mental health, study finds.” Today Show
“A New, More Rigorous Study Confirms: The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel.” Harvard Business Review
“I’m 17 And I Deleted All My Social Media. Here’s What Happened & why you should delete them too.” Medium
“Instagram has a drug problem. Its algorithms make it worse.” Washington Post
Screens in school
“The Mere Presence of Your Smartphone Reduces Brain Power, Study Shows.” University of Texas
“After Schools Ban Phones, Test Scores Go up.” The London School of Economics and Political Science
“More students are learning on laptops and tablets in class. Some parents want to hit the off switch.” The Washington Post
“Students who use digital devices in class 'perform worse in exams.” The Guardian
“The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens.” Scientific American
“A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens.” Business Insider
Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers. The Guardian
