By Remy Rosenberg If you’ve ever gotten a text from a friend or classmate saying, “Hey, can you send me your homework so I can check mine?”, you are definitely not alone. In high school, it’s common to want to help your friends, especially when an assignment may be confusing [...]
By JoAnna Molina, PhD Big Takeaways Teens often show mood changes online before they talk about them Posting, deleting posts, gaming patterns, and late-night scrolling can offer important insights into a teen’s mental health Not every change is a problem, but persistent changes can serve as red flags Noticing, [...]
By Remy Rosenberg How many of the people you follow on social media are influencers? Influencers can be entertaining, inspiring, and even feel like friends you’ve never met. But just because they have hundreds of thousands to millions of followers, doesn’t mean everything they post is true, realistic, or [...]
By Adithya Bharath As I'm counting down to graduation, I've been thinking a lot about the digital world I'm about to fully enter. We're the generation that grew up with AI in our pockets, algorithms knowing our next move before we do, and data breaches making headlines like weather [...]
By Jennifer Dylan Black-and-white thinking is when your thought patterns assign people, things, and actions into one of two categories – ‘good’ or ‘bad’. Sometimes it’s comforting to organize the world into dichotomous categories like this—it gives us the confidence to have a POV, take a stand, or decide [...]
By Jennifer Dylan The technology wellness movement is coming to make you tech healthy—and the messaging just might work on your teen! If you and your child are struggling with technology and a happy home life, it may be time for a wellness reset! A reset in the wellness [...]
A Realistic, 5-Step Framework for Today’s Digital Families By Allie Hunter TL;DR (busy mom edition) Kids use AI every day and often understand it better than adults. Parents do not need to be technical, they just need open communication. Set five simple rules: protect privacy, avoid AI companions, use [...]
By Jennifer Dylan ‘To err is human’ acknowledges that despite doing the best one can, that heartbreak and missteps are a normal part of life. Yet the very normal, if not unavoidable, parts of being human—loss, regret, and trauma—grief of all kinds, are also uncomfortable to both experience and [...]
By Susanne Gurman Halloween may come just once a year, but in the digital world, costumes are worn every day. We adults see this firsthand. Many of the world’s most significant data breaches start the same way: someone pretending to be someone else. A cybercriminal crafts a convincing story, sends [...]
College Board is launching an exciting new initiative aimed at preparing high school students for careers in cybersecurity. The AP Career Kickstart™ Cybersecurity pilot program is a two-course pathway emphasizing professional experience and skill in the technological field. These courses allow students to receive college credit for their hard [...]
