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Here’s Why Your Teen Overshares Online, and Why That Could Be Good
September 18, 2023National Scientific Council on Adolescence member Jacqueline Nesi talks about how sharing online can be a way for young people to find social support.
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January 17, 2023: New Guides Help Organizations Build Effective Youth Engagement Programs
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
Stay in the Know
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.
Opinion: Let’s Help Our Middle Schoolers Learn from Their Digital Worlds
January 17, 2023Prof. Candice Odgers and Prof. Jacqueline Nesi, two of the authors of the recent National Scientific Council on Adolescence report on youth and digital technology, write about how the online world could support healthy development for early adolescents.
Facebook’s Own Data Is Not as Conclusive as You Think About Teens and Mental Health
October 6, 2021NPR spoke with Candice Odgers, PhD, psychologist at UC Irvine and Duke University and member of our National Scientific Council on Adolescence, about why Facebook's marketing data on youth and social media—the subject of testimony to a Senate panel—doesn't match the research.
Teenagers Aren’t as Lonely in Lockdown if Interacting Positively Online
September 3, 2021A new study by our friend Dr. Lucía Magis-Weinberg at UC Berkeley, co-authored by CDA board director Dr. Ron Dahl and others, found that adolescents in Peru who used tech to connect online reported less loneliness during COVID-related lockdowns.
Stop the Freakout Over Kids’ Screen Time
July 2, 2021Dr. Candice Odgers, UC Irvine psychology professor and member of the National Scientific Council on Adolescence, was one of the researchers interviewed about what the science REALLY says about kids' digital media use.
Dr. Ron Dahl on the Radio Davos Podcast
June 10, 2021“Increasingly, the use of phones and digital access...is being woven into the social fabric in which young people are growing up.” Hear CDA board chair Dr. Ron Dahl talk about how AI might help children and adolescents learn through play on the Radio Davos podcast.
Fewer ‘Likes’ Can Cause Emotional Distress
September 22, 2020In this recent study in Child Development, co-author David Yeager and colleagues show that getting fewer 'likes' than others leads to increased feelings of rejection, especially for young people already feeling victimized IRL.
Mobile Technology May Support Kids Learning to Recognize emotions in Photos of Faces
June 2, 2020The increase in screen-time to connect with grandparents, teachers, and friends during the COVID pandemic has fed existing concerns that all this virtual interaction could be impeding social learning. In this article for The Conversation, Dr. Yalda Uhls, founder of the Center for Scholars and Storytellers, talks about her recent study in which kids who grew up with tablets and smartphones were actually better at reading emotions in photographs.
The Truth About Screen Time
December 19, 2019Screen time for adolescents isn’t just a question of good or bad. The truth, as this article featuring Center Advisory Board member Nick Allen and Founding Director Ron Dahl explains, is that we need more nuanced information about who, how much, when, and what they’re not doing instead.
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