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A helpful graphic page from common sense media: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/parents-teens-screens-sleep-infographic

Some tips to encourage your kids to read over the summer: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/yes-parents-there-is-a-magic-formula-to-keep-your-kids-reading-through-the-summer/2019/05/23/31643dce-7599-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html?utm_term=.d98b1996ab43

A collaborative study between the Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience, the Amsterdam UMC and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment found that adolescents can improve their sleep quality and reduce symptoms of fatigue, lack of concentration and bad mood, after just one week by simply limiting their exposure to blue-light emitting devices in […]

A study out of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America takes a closer look at the cognitive and emotional impacts of social media use on teens, and find a lot of the fear is not justified: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/04/30/1902058116

A new study suggests that playing online memory games can reduce depression and improve mental well being in teens: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/desc.12831 https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/child-adolescent-psychiatry/brain-training-games-may-reduce-teenagers-vulnerability-depression-and-anxiety