Doctors at the Mayo Clinic say teens and adults should only clock 2 hours a day of screen time. Yes, you read that right — probably on a screen, even as I typed it on a screen. In 2016, A Nielsen audience report found that most Americans actually do 10-11 hours of screen time. And it's likely that number only increased, between Covid lockdowns and technology becoming an even more pervasive force in our lives.
A recent survey shows TikTok provides more than wanderlust fuel — it's become a key resource for travel planning.
Social media’s effects on the mental health of young people are not well understood. That hasn’t stopped Congress, state legislatures, and the U.S. surgeon general from moving ahead with age bans and warning labels for YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. But the emphasis on fears about social media may cause policymakers to miss the mental health […]
(The Center Square) — Republican attorneys general from 21 states, led by the attorneys general of Montana and Virginia, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia defending the federal law banning TikTok in the U.S.
When it comes to identifying reasons for the rise in student anxiety, depression and suicide ideation, social media tops most lists. Educators and psychologists point to a cluster of consequences, from adolescents feeling they can’t match the online lives of others, to the ease and unrelenting nature of cyberbullying, to the loss of sleep that comes with late-night scrolling.
Deborah Panagos’ dog Charlotte is in training to be a therapy pet.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
Rappahannock County Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Carol Johnson outside her office at RCPS administrative building in Washington, Va.
RCHS junior Carmen Pond in her mother Dani's office. Dani Pond is the long-serving director of school counseling.
Culpeper County Public Schools Social Worker Tracey Sasso on her way to the Culpeper Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.
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