Journal of Adolescent Health – July, 2021
Tantrums, toddlers, and technology: Temperament, media emotion regulation, and problematic media use in early childhood
Computers in Human Behavior – July, 2021
An exploratory study of clinical and physiological correlates of problematic social media use in adolescents
Psychiatry Research – August, 2021
Why do parents use screen media with toddlers? The role of child temperament and parenting stress in early screen use
Infant Behavior and Development – August, 2021
Longitudinal Trends in Body Mass Index Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Persons Aged 2–19 Years — United States, 2018–2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – September, 2021
A Guide to the Chinese Gaming Law of 2021
Written by Erik Josson (Purdue) and Henry Chen (UCLA) A new Chinese gaming law, implemented on September 1st, 2021, prohibits any child younger than 18 from playing video games during the school week and limits them to no more than one hour per day (from 8 PM to 9 PM) on weekends and public holidays. These regulations also severely …
The Influencer Impact
A Parent’s Guide to Influencers Over the past decade, social media personalities have taken the world by storm, influencing the products our children are interested in, how they behave, what they want to be when they grow up, and more. These influencers are exposing children to subtle and overt advertisements and new social trends, and while this type of parasocial …