How we make an impact
Publishing our Research:
A relationship-based framework for early childhood media use (Click link to download article)
American Academy of Pediatrics - Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health:
The Center of Excellence has three main goals. These include 1) improving pediatric mental wellbeing by reducing the risks and leveraging the benefits of social media, 2) building the capacity of individuals who work with youth so that they can mitigate social media’s impact on mental wellbeing, and 3) provide communication, guidance, trainings, webinars, and focus groups that are evidence-based and utilize best practices to promote healthy social media use. Research that is conducted here at the Radesky Lab is used to develop the resources we give families through the Center of Excellence.
If you would be interested in participating in future online focus groups, please reach out to us at centerofexcellence@umich.edu with your name, occupation, age of child(ren), and a brief description of why you are interested.
If you have any questions about social media and mental health that you would like to ask our expert staff and medical directors, please follow this link to our Q&A portal.
Radesky Lab Research in the Media -
Here are a few of our favorites:
Here are a few of our favorites:
Common Sense Media - September 2023
Constant Companion: A Week in the Life of a Young Person's Smartphone Use
Michigan Medicine - December 2022
Frequently using digital devices to soothe young children may backfire
Common Sense Media - June 2022
CNN - March 2021
Screen time and kids: What have we learned in the last year?
AAP News - December 2020
How to help families navigate the challenges of remote learning
Common Sense Media - September 2020
The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Age Zero to Eight, 2020
Common Sense Media - March 2020
Kids' TV Has Rules. It's the Internet's Turn.
New York Times - April 2020
Agonizing Over Screen Time? Follow the Three C’s
Mashable - September 2019
Why it's time to rethink online safety for kids
Michigan Today - September 2019
NPR - June 2019
Can Screens Help Your Child's Brain? 4 Tips To Get The Most From Kids' Media
The Hill - April 2019
Children are getting too much screen time, but we shouldn't blame the parents
The New York Times - March 2019
Reading to Your Toddler? Print Books Are Better Than Digital Ones
The New York Times - October 2018
Your Kid's Apps Are Crammed With Ads
Wired - May 2018
Hey Alexa, what are you doing to my kids' brain?
UofM Health Lab - February 2018
Persuasive Digital Design: Appealing to Adults, Problematic for Kids?
NPR - February 2018
What the screen time experts do with their own kids
HuffingtonPost - January 2018
The 9 most important scientific studies for parents of 2017
The New York Times - March 2017
The guilty secret of distracted parenting
TODAY Show - April 2015
How cell phones are affecting families – and what to do about it