Yes, educational programming is preferable to entertainment shows for little ones, but any viewing should be minimized or avoided for ages 0 to 3, and kept at an hour or less for ages 3 to 6. For best #braindevelopment

Wrote about movie MarkWhatsThePlan?Film here: durablehuman.com/ParentsSpeakUp Gotta watch.

Grieving #parents showing up may be tipping point pushing Congress to rein in #socialmedia. Read the story, plus about riveting new doc MarkWhatsThePlan?Film and a new #childrensbook that points toward hope. durablehuman.com/social-media-c…

#Teachers are the #1 resource of the world's top performing schools. Great crowd, good questions SXSW EDU teaming up with Lisa Cline of Fairplay Screen Time Action Network for our talk "Log Off and Learn: Healing the Broken Classroom."

New LENA research in JAMA Pediatrics shows #screentime can cause language delays in #babies because they hear fewer spoken words from people around them. What you can do to help: durablehuman.com/BabyTalk

Right there with you Jonathan Haidt . Phone Free #school #1 on list of 10 Ways #teachers can heal the broken #classroom & help kids be more available for learning. durablehuman.com/be-an-ed-tech-… #anxiousgeneration #SXSWEDU2024

Excellent #TheHillMentalHealth The Hill event showing progress and bipartisan support for addressing maternal mental health struggles. Moving stories. Positive talk about telehealth making it easier to support those w post partum #depression and #anxiety, removing stigma

Moving story of #PPD The Hill #TheHillMentalHealth. Formerly depressed mom says she wasn't asked about her own #mental health during pregnancy. "Everything was baby, baby, baby. But never Mama... wish I had been asked 'How are you doing"?

South Carolina schools will go phone free, throughout the day! Red states, blue states.... everyone wants kids to pay attention to their teachers and to other students. Most people see that phones interfere with education and social connection. foxcarolina.com/2024/07/11/cel…

"One thing that connects everyone is #mentalhealth" - Rep. Ritchie Torres #TheHillMentalHealth In high school, he had no access to it. Still takes people far too long to get mental health care Started Clubhouse Caucus to promote clubhouse model nationwide for fighting #Loneliness

"Tell your story" to eradicate stigma. - Rep. Ritchie Torres "There is liberation in the act of telling your story and no moreso on the subject of #mentalhealth" #TheHillMentalHealth

Reminder to call 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline instead of 911 if you or your family member needs support for a #mentalhealth problem From Daniel Gillison NAMI The Hill Events #TheHillMentalHealth durablehuman.com/988

Act TODAY to protect children's #MentalHealth! Senators vote tomorrow on the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act to stop #socialmedia companies from sending young people down dangerous rabbit holes. Use this form & tell your senators to vote YES on #KOSA ! fairplay.salsalabs.org/kosa/index.html

🚨The Senate just passed the Kids Online Safety & Privacy Act!🚨 This is a historic moment for families that have lost their beloved children to online harms. We thank Chuck Schumer, Sen. Marsha Blackburn & Richard Blumenthal for their steadfast leadership. 🔗⬇️ parentssos.org/news/senate-pa…

#Parents of #babies and #preschoolers can learn from new scientific findings and other parents' inadvertent mistakes and avoid what Jonathan Haidt calls the "phone-based childhood." Here's the new research and how to take a different path. durablehuman.com/PreschoolParen…

Yes! Sweden makes a big move for #babies #brains - issues new recs for avoiding #screentime until age 2, and having full time #play and #talk time instead for full #brain etc development Amelia Nierenberg The New York Times #respectthebabies Research supports durablehuman.com/BabyBadNews

A Jonathan Haidt "play based childhood" can start now for #parents of #babies and #preschoolers. Tablets & apps can wait. Here's why you care: IT MAKES YOUR JOB EASIER durablehuman.com/PreschoolParen… #brain #mentalhealth Fairplay Jia Tolentino Amelia Nierenberg

#AI, #socialmedia, #mentalhealth threats. Gifting a kid a #smartphone is fraught. Don't do it if you're not the #parent. Other good #giftideas durablehuman.com/Smartphones #BlackFriday #holidayshopping

Note to #grandparents, favorite #aunts, #uncles, etc think twice about "helping" your fam by giving a young loved one a #smartphone. Some deadly reasons why that decision should be left to the main caregivers, usually the #parents: durablehuman.com/Smartphones #holiday #HolidayGifts

A new global movement of #childdevelopment specialists is telling #parents of #babies and #toddlers they are ALL THAT: durablehuman.com/GAINING