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Elections are an Opportunity for Young People and for the People Who Care About Them
November 5, 2024National Scientific Council on Adolescence member Stephen Russell tackles how to support young people during elections in a new article published by UT Austin. Russell offers a number of things that adults in young people’s lives can do to help them overcome strong emotions during these significant and sometimes uncertain events.
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August 16, 2021: New Report Examines Intersection of Anti-Black Racism on Youth Development
November 30, 2020: Center for the Developing Adolescent Announces New Advisory Board Members
October 1, 2020: Center for the Developing Adolescent Announces New Leadership
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Do Cellphone Bans in Middle School Work? It’s Complicated.
September 26, 2024National Scientific Council on Adolescence member Jacqueline Nesi, PhD, was quoted in the recent article published by the Bay Area’s NPR and PBS member station, KQED. Nesi explains that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to smartphones for early adolescence, but research suggests that kids need “increasing independence as they age [and] there’s value in giving them opportunities to solve problems.”
When Should Kids Get a Smartphone?
August 13, 2024NSCA member Jacqueline Nesi attempts to answer the question, ‘When Should Kids Get a Smartphone?’ in her new op-ed published in Scientific American. Although research shows there is no “right” age to give a child a smartphone because the “research consistently demonstrates that the ways in which children respond to technologies are highly individualized,” Dr. Nesi provides some interesting facts and suggestions about how to give young people technology in a way that supports healthy development.
What the Surgeon General’s Advisory Says About Social Media for Kids
May 25, 2023Prof. Jacqueline Nesi, part of the leadership of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health and member of the NSCA, talked with Washington Post reporter Teddy Amenabar about putting the Surgeon General's social media advisory into context.
Dr. Anthony Burrow is One of Four Cornell Faculty Awarded with Endowed Professorships
August 25, 2021National Scientific Council on Adolescence member Dr. Anthony Burrow was named the Ferris Family Associate Professor of Life Course Studies in Cornell’s newly formed Department of Psychology. Congratulations, Tony!