Some Resources

General

• Child Mind Institute: “Social Media and Self-Doubt: How parents can help kids resist the pressure created by artfully curated social media feeds” by Rae Jacobson (March 8, 2024)

• Healthy Screen Habits: A podcast discussing the issues of parenting and technology to help all families create healthy habits for screen use

• New York Times: “Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It’s Too Late” by Jessica Grose (April 10, 2024)

• Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls – And How We Can Take it Back by Kara Alaimo (2024)

• The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt (2024)

• The Atlantic: “It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber” by Derek Thompson (December 19, 2023)

Maternal Mental Health

• Motherly: “Momfluencers are negatively impacting new motherhood, new study shows” by Christina Marfice (April 2, 2024)

• Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety by Judith Warner (2006)

• Under the Influence with Jo Piazza: A podcast that does a deep dive into social media, where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy

Parental Controls & Campaigns

• Aura: An app to block harmful content, manage how much time your kids spend online, and protect against cyberbullying and online predator threat alerts

• Bark: An app to manage screen time, block websites and apps, track location, emergency support, and more

• Common Sense Media: A resource for checking if an app, game, or film is suitable for your child

• Wait Until 8^th: A pledge in which you as the parent promise not to give your child a smartphone until at least the end of 8th grade as long as at least 10 families total from your child’s grade and school pledge

For Youth

• #HalfTheStory: A nonprofit on a mission to empower the next generation’s relationship with technology

• Social Media TestDrive: A platform preparing young people for the online world through experiential learning in a simulated social media environment

• Spotlite: a community where a younger generation can use the power of social media to build a more compassionate world

Other

• Janell Burley Hofmann: Author and creator of the original iPhone contract and a thought leader in the space of digital mindfulness, digital parenting, and intentional use of tech

• Lindsay Lieberman: Attorney offering legal services and risk management consulting to keep you safe in this ever-changing world