Donate Now: Back-to-School Fundraiser 2025
As kids head back to school, families and educators face new challenges every day. From navigating screen time to balancing AI in the classroom, trusted support has never been more important. With your help, Children and Screens is here to provide the resources they need to thrive.
Hidden Costs: Protecting Kids from Online Financial Exploitation
From influencer advertising, manipulative persuasive design, video game loot boxes, and even illegal financial extortion – children face a digital minefield designed to capture their money and their trust.
Digital Media and Youth Body Image
A two-page research snapshot on how digital content shapes children’s and teen’s body image and what works to protect them.
Children and Screens Honors U.S. Senators Blackburn, Blumenthal, and Markey at Special Evening Awards Dinner
Awards presented during the 2025 Digital Media and Developing Minds Congress spotlight bipartisan momentum for technology regulation and reform
Children and Screens Announces Groundbreaking Handbook on Digital Media’s Impact on Children and Adolescents
New research-based resource guides policymakers, educators, and parents in navigating the complex digital landscape for kids
Our in-person and virtual events bridge the knowledge gap between researchers, clinicians, parents, and families. See all events.
Vicki Shotbolt
Founder and CEO
Michelle Nelson, PhD
Professor
Paul Raffile, MA
Intelligence Analyst
Elena Petrovskaya, PhD
Research Associate
Christopher Mufarrige
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Vicki Shotbolt
Founder and CEO
Michelle Nelson, PhD
Professor
Paul Raffile, MA
Intelligence Analyst
Elena Petrovskaya, PhD
Research Associate
Christopher Mufarrige
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
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Sleep Health
…refers to a variety of factors related to an individual’s sleep, including sleep duration, continuity, onset, consistency, and overall quality. Sleep health can have wide-ranging impacts on any person’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
What kids are watching on their screens…can be psychologically stimulating and interfere with what's necessary for the mind to calm down and relax and feel safe and go to sleep.”
On Sleep Health
Sleep and Screens
A visual digest of current research on sleep and screens.
Screens and Physical Health: Summary and Recommendations
Summary and Recommendations found in the "Handbook of Children and Screens: Digital Media, Development, and Well-Being from Birth Through Adolescence," Part One: Research Concerning Cognitive, Physical, Mental, and Psychosocial Impacts on Children, Screens and Physical Health Section (pages 61-116)
Sleep and Screens During COVID-19
How does digital media use affect children's sleep health?
Healthy Habits: Fostering Physical Health in a Digital World
What does physical wellness look like in an increasingly digital world?