View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,Welcome to the eighth edition of Three for Thriving, our weekly video and newsletter series from the Center for Digital Thriving, where we share headlines at the intersection of youth well-being and technology. In this week’s recap, we’re spotlighting a global analysis from the American Psychological Association that links screen use and emotional challenges in young kids, OpenAI’s ambitious effort to embed AI tools across college...
16 days ago • 8 min read
View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,Welcome to the seventh installment of our newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news articles at the intersection of youth well-being and technology. In this week’s video recap, we’re spotlighting how narratives about adolescence are shifting— from Hollywood-crafted stories of rebellion to the self-produced content teens now create and consume on their phones. We also look at the rise of AI as...
24 days ago • 9 min read
View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,Welcome to the sixth installment of our limited newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news articles at the intersection of youth well-being and technology. In this week’s Three for Thriving video recap, we’re highlighting the return of handwritten exams in colleges as a response to concerns about AI-driven cheating, a call from the former U.S. Surgeon General urging Congress to act on social...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,Welcome to the fifth installment of our limited newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news articles at the intersection of youth well-being and technology. In this week’s Three for Thriving video recap, we’re spotlighting a major study linking social media use to rising depression in preteens, a new wave of “alternative devices” designed to keep kids connected without the pull of addictive apps,...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,Welcome to the fourth installment of our limited newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news articles at the intersection of youth well-being and technology. In this week’s Three for Thriving video recap, we’re spotlighting renewed momentum around kids’ online safety legislation, a bold call to rethink the purpose of education in the age of AI, and new insights into how educators can approach...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,Welcome to the third installment of our limited newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news articles at the intersection of youth well-being and technology. In this week’s Three for Thriving video recap, we’re spotlighting new findings on how AI chatbots may deepen loneliness, a closer look at how AI is upending the concept of academic integrity on college campuses, and fresh research showing...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,Welcome to the second installment of our limited newsletter and video series, Three for Thriving, where we share some the latest news articles at the intersection of youth well-being and technology. A lot happened this week. Let's get right into it. In this week’s Three for Thriving, we’re spotlighting growing concerns around AI companions and teen safety, major cuts to school-based mental health funding, and new global research showing...
2 months ago • 6 min read
View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,There’s no shortage of headlines about teens and tech. At the Center for Digital Thriving, we continue to hold space for a more curious and critically optimistic view of what a thriving digital future could look like. But to shape the conversation, we must first understand it. That’s why we’re launching a new, five-week series to capture the latest stories: Three for Thriving. How it works Each week our team reads dozens of news...
2 months ago • 5 min read
View email in browser. To our digital thriving community,Today is the day that we can officially (re-)share with you… ✨ The Youth Voice Playbook ✨ In case you couldn't tell, we're excited (like, really excited!) about sharing The Youth Voice Playbook. To that end, we wanted to resend our announcement to put the link to the Playbook front and center, so you can dive right in. We’ve been working this year behind the scenes to bring it to life: a free, interactive resource collaboratively...
9 months ago • 2 min read