Digital Wellness for Families
If you’ve found yourself lying awake wondering what age should a kid get social media, you are not alone — and you are not overreacting. It’s one of the most-asked questions in parenting right now, and it deserves a real answer, not a guilt trip. The truth...
Screens & Schools, Digital Wellness for Families, The Screen Guardians Podcast
When a rural Kansas superintendent stood in front of the State Board of Education this spring, he wasn’t there to talk about test scores or budgets. He was there to talk about screens — and what happened when his entire district decided to do something about...
Digital Wellness for Families
If your kid plays Roblox, you probably just got a notification that something changed—and if you’re like most parents, your first thought was, “Wait, what do I need to do now?” Take a breath. The new Roblox parental controls rolling out this summer are actually good...
Digital Wellness for Families
I never thought I’d be cheering for a landline. I teach digital health. I write school programs about it. And here I am, watching parents reconnect the family phone—or buy a brand-new one shaped like a tin can—and feeling something I don’t always feel when...
Children's Mental Health in the Digital Age, Digital Wellness for Families
The headline you saw is real. Now let’s translate it. On May 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the Surgeon General issued a formal advisory classifying youth screen time as an “urgent public health concern.”...
Digital Wellness for Families, Children's Mental Health in the Digital Age
“How much screen time is okay for my kid?” If you’ve ever stood in the kitchen at 5 p.m., tablet in one hand, dinner in the other, asking yourself that exact question — you’re not alone. Figuring out the right screen time by age is one of the...
