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Social Media: What’s the Right Amount of Time?

Social Media: What’s the 'Right' Amount of Time? Social Media Can Increase Teen Connection up to a Point The Exact Point When Happiness Starts to Decline Researchers have determined that the positive effects of social media drop off after users spend approximately more than 30 minutes on each platform. Users are most happy when they limit themselves to 1-2 platforms. ~30 [...]

Social Media: Our Teens’ Favorite Platforms

Our Teens' Favorite Platforms Here's Where Our Teens Are Spending Their Time: What To Know About Our Teens' Favorite Platforms Snapchat What Teens Love The user interface makes it so easy for teens to snap and share photos. Fun features keep teens engaged from the filters to games, and then Snapstreaks, a running tally of how frequently you communicate with friends, [...]

Social Media: The Major Concerns

Social Media: The Major Concerns Sleep The extent to which social media interferes with quality sleep is surprising in its pervasiveness, with 1 in 5 teens checking their phones in the middle of the night. Not only is mental health and well-being closely associated with sleep, but also a new study finds that the lack of sleep contributes to feelings [...]

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How Social Media Is Changing Teen Culture

Our Roadmaps Screen Time Social Media Our Collection Our Toolkit Gold Star Articles Best Practices Our Guides Our Tech Tips iConcierge Services Our Q & A Line What Can I Ask? How It Works Invite Me How Social Media Is Changing Teen Culture There is no doubt that social media has had a major impact on shaping teen culture. It [...]

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Social Media at a High Level

Social Media at a High Level Dear Friends, We set out to get to the bottom of social media and what we need to know about it for our kids. With so many provocative headlines warning parents about the dangers of social media alongside others extolling its benefits, it’s no wonder we have whiplash. Our Heard It From A Friend [...]

Social Media: What Teens are Saying

Our Roadmaps Screen Time Social Media Our Collection Our Toolkit Gold Star Articles Best Practices Our Guides Our Tech Tips iConcierge Services Our Q & A Line What Can I Ask? How It Works Invite Me What Teens Are Saying What Teens Say About about Social Media: The Positives and Negatives What Teens Wish Their Parents Knew Accept that social [...]

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Apple’s Parental Controls: The Overview

Apple's Parental Controls: The Overview With iOS 13, Apple released a new set of parental controls, called Screen Time. It offers parents much more robust tools for managing their children's device usage, including setting time limits for specific apps and scheduling Down Time. This upgraded functionality is the first major overhaul since 2008, and while a massive improvement, further refinements are still needed (we will [...]

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What’s the Right Amount of Screen Time?

What's The Right Amount of Screen Time? With headlines questioning “Have Smartphone’s Destroyed a Generation?” and citing “These are the Alarming Effects Screen Time Has on a Child's Brain”, the controversy around the impact of screens on today’s youth continues to swirl. Furthering the confusion is the many educational and creative benefits of screen time, as well as data showing [...]

Why ‘Parenting Technology’ is So Hard

Our Roadmaps Screen Time Social Media Our Collection Our Toolkit Gold Star Articles Best Practices Our Guides Our Tech Tips iConcierge Services Our Q & A Line What Can I Ask? How It Works Invite Me Why 'Parenting Technology' is So Hard The biggest problem when ‘Parenting Technology’ is there’s so much to think about. There’s the overwhelm of parental [...]

What to Expect: The Major Inflection Points

Our Roadmaps Screen Time Social Media Our Collection Our Toolkit Gold Star Articles Best Practices Our Guides Our Tech Tips iConcierge Services Our Q & A Line What Can I Ask? How It Works Invite Me What to Expect: The Major Inflection Points Inflection Points One thing’s for sure about screen time is that it’s not going away. Be prepared [...]

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