Tag: Screen time
3 ways to get kids to tune in and pay attention...
Eric M. Anderman, The Ohio State University and Kui Xie, The Ohio State University
When nearly all U.S. brick-and-mortar schools suddenly closed in March 2020...
3 ways to promote social skills in homebound kids
Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University
With the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic getting worse in most of the country, a growing number of school districts...
Mobile technology may support kids learning to recognize emotions in photos...
Yalda T. Uhls, University of California, Los Angeles
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An essential social skill is...
Blue light isn’t the main source of eye fatigue and sleep...
Phillip Yuhas, The Ohio State University
Blue light has gotten a bad rap, getting blamed for loss of sleep and eye damage. Personal electronic devices...
3 tips: How to teach children to watch commercials more closely
Sarah Gretter, Michigan State University
With all the time that young people spend in front of screens these days – from TVs to laptops, cellphones...
New findings add twist to screen time limit debate
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Many parents want to know how much time their kids should be spending in front of screens, whether it’s...
What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
We’d all like to be a little happier.
The problem is that much of what determines happiness is outside...
A grim year for the smartphone: 5 essential reads
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
The year 2017 marked the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Five years ago, for the first time, over 50 percent of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback
Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, Southwestern University and Hannah V. Herrero, University of Tennessee
Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem...
