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The 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.
A new UCLA Blueprint article highlights the importance of purpose in adolescence. The article features the NSCA report Cultivating Purpose in Adolescence and interviews NSCA members and our co-executive director, Andrew Fuligni.
“The evidence linking sleep and mental health is a lot tighter, more causal, than the evidence for social media and mental health,” Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni explains in a new Associated Press article about the importance of promoting healthy sleep during adolescence.
