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Screen 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.
Researchers Patrick Hill and NSCA member Anthony Burrow, co-authors of the NSCA’s recent report on purpose in adolescence, explain why a sense of purpose is important to youth mental health and how adults can help young people cultivate their purpose.
In a book review for Nature, NSCA member Candice Odgers explains what research actually says about social media and youth mental health—and how current narratives may be causing us to miss the real challenges facing young people today.