“Parents of a child age 12 or younger” and “parents” refer to U.S. adults who are parents or guardians of at least one child age 12 or younger.
Parents with more than one child age 12 or younger were asked by the Pew Research Center to answer about one randomly selected child and may have children in other age groups. Child age groups throughout the report refer to the randomly selected child.
Throughout this report, “older child” generally refers to a child age 5 or older.
Read MoreAI companionship is reshaping how young people form connections, but with it comes unprecedented risks. Schools, employers, and healthcare providers must act now to guide responsible AI use. From teaching students healthy boundaries with AI to offering AI wellness resources for families, every part of the community has a role to play. We cannot wait for legislation to catch up—protecting our children's mental health in the age of AI requires immediate, coordinated action. The time to act is now.
Read MoreThe Digital Wellness Trampoline is a comprehensive approach to navigating our digital lives. Its strength lies in its adaptability.
Companies have implemented the framework to define positive digital cultures, enhancing employee productivity and well-being.
School districts have integrated it into their phone-use policies, guiding students, staff, and parents toward shared digital wellness goals.
Individuals and families have built personal trampolines, customizing the framework to suit their unique digital habits and needs.
Its simplicity—paired with measurable progress—makes it broadly accessible.
Read MoreFrom Burnout At Work, Loneliness at Home and Distractions in School - imbalanced relationships with technology affect us deeply. Yet, we don’t have the words to talk about it. Let’s learn how to talk about screentime!
Read MoreDo you feel bored and disengaged at work? Do you find yourself scrolling through social media or playing games on your phone instead of focusing on your tasks? Workplace boredom is a common and serious problem that affects millions of workers across different industries and roles. It can lead to low productivity, poor performance & stress. This article explores options to reclaim the power that devices can sometimes take away and use the boredom for positive purposes!
Read MoreLots of us are eating while watching TikTok or scrolling through Instagram. Some even check emails during meals. But here's the thing: How does this impact your weight? Let's see how this habit might affect your ability to stay on top of your weight management goals.
Read More“I usually delete the app from my phone and sparingly use it from my desktop computer, which reduces the amount of time spent, but one way or another, I always end up downloading it again... In a never-ending circle of wasting time. - Reddit user” From burnout to lost creativity and poor wellness. Being constantly connected to devices creates challenges for workplace professionals, entrepreneurs, teens and young adults. What causes this and what can you do about it?
Read MoreMost people don’t need to go too far into their day before they’re staring into a screen. 2 out of 3 people report checking email within the first 30 minutes of waking up. When looking for solutions, there are 3 ideas that come up frequently. Muting notifications from apps, turning your phone’s display to grayscale or finally trading your smartphone for a feature-less (or dumb) phone. In this article we compare the pros and cons of each approach.
Read MoreCompanies are normalizing at 3 days in the office. So now, not only are you spending time commuting – your phone enables you to work outside of “in-the-office” hours responding to e-mail and IMs. From the grocery line, while driving, or after putting the kids to bed. This digital debt, if unmanaged, is a sure way to burnout. And that’s bad for you and costly for your company.
Read MoreShould screentime be managed the same as smoking? Or are seatbelts in a car a better analogy? The digital transformation of our lives have left us checking emails more than 80 times a day and spending more time on our devices than with each other. We’re trapped in an epidemic of loneliness at home and burnout at work — and yet, the only tools we have are constraints based and limited. It’s time to think outside the box and solve the root cause not the symptoms.
Read MoreRating systems provide signals about the quality of an experience or product you may be considering buying. However, these systems can also make you more susceptible to falling into endless productivity and creativity draining traps on the internet, affecting your digital wellbeing.
Read MoreBecoming outraged by things we didn’t even know we cared about and being “always-on” at workplaces that tell you to take unlimited days off; we’ve paid a price in the form of contracted attention spans and decreased productivity. Abstinence centered approaches creates vicious guilt cycles which are entirely too harmful for creative productivity to thrive. What’s the path forward? The answer may be in boosting our innate human attributes.
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