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Protecting Yourself at Parties
Remy Rosenberg When you go to a high school party, you’re probably thinking about having a good time with your friends, not about protecting your reputation. But in 2025, every party is basically a danger zone for online content. Phones are out all the time, people are filming videos [...]
Where Do You Get Your News?
Remy Rosenberg Think for a minute and ask yourself where you get your news. For a lot of us, the answer is simple: our phones. We scroll through Instagram or Tiktok and suddenly feel “in the loop”. In today’s world, many teens turn to social media for updates because [...]
Think Before You Share: How to Help Friends Without Giving Away Your Homework
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 [...]
The Digital Mirror: What Online Behavior Reveals About Adolescent Mental Health
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, [...]
Don’t Believe Everything You See From Influencers
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 [...]
Taking Control: My Digital Resolutions for 2026
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 [...]
Know Your Tech Limits: Can Heavy Tech Use Also Be Healthy?
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 [...]
Welcome to The Tech Wellness Movement
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 [...]
2026 Digital Parenting Guide: How Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About AI [ChatGPT]
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 [...]
How Technology Can Help: Grief
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 [...]
🎃 Always Be in Costume: The Fun (and Safety) of Staying Mysterious Online
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’s Latest: Cybersecurity Pathway
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 [...]