Digital wellbeing for teens and families

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Digital media can support connection and identity, but it can also affect sleep, comparison, attention, bullying and emotional regulation when balance is lost.

Helpful steps

• Discuss technology early and often, not only during conflict.
• Protect sleep by creating device-free wind-down time.
• Talk about privacy, online boundaries and what not to share publicly.
• Watch for cyberbullying, social withdrawal, body-image distress or mood changes.
• Encourage offline friendships, movement and time outside.