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Loneliness and social isolation: What to know and how to help promote social connection
ABC7 News· 20 hours agoLast year, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared loneliness and isolation an epidemic and...
A call to ban phones in school
Politico· 7 days agoConcern about smartphones’ effect on young people’s mental health extends well beyond the United States. How so? Last year, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy...
Prodded by fed up parents, some in Congress try to curb kids’ use of social media
Wisconsin Examiner via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWASHINGTON — Attempts to get kids off of their phones are ramping up in Congress, despite intense...
Some families are raising their teenagers without social media
WCTV Tallahassee· 6 days agoWith the damaging consequences of social media increasingly well documented, some parents are trying...
Cellphone policy lauded by TCAPS staff, board
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 1 hour agoA year after implementing new school cellphone policies, Traverse City Area Public Schools administrators’ praises were ringing. At the TCAPS Board of...
Biden Administration Launches Initiative To Support Youth Mental Health
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe first-of-its-kind initiative aims to address the youth mental health crisis by increasing...
First-of-its-kind Youth Mental Health Corps trains young people to help their peers
NBC News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Youth Mental Health Corps, a first-of-its-kind public-private initiative trains youth to help...
8 Easy Ways Parents Can Stay Connected to Screen-Addicted Pre-Teens
Good Housekeeping· 3 days agoIn this era of social media, where many teens connect primarily online and the virtual world...
Expert urges parents to push 'green time over screen time' this summer as childhood loneliness...
Fox News· 6 days agoDisturbing data has revealed that girls as young as five are increasingly feeling the pangs of...
A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground
Seattle Times· 5 days agoAhmed Othman isn’t on TikTok and doesn’t want to be. “They really tried to emphasize social media is...
