In a synthetic media environment, the beauty ideal is no longer something teens watch from a distance, and critical awareness alone won't protect them from it.

My invited guest post for the Family Online Safety Institute's Good Digital Parenting platform. When a teen’s phone use starts to feel like a problem, the instinct is often to set a rule...But what if we’re asking the wrong question? In our latest guest blog, Jacqueline Vickery, PhD explores a different approach: instead of focusing on behavior alone, she breaks down three simple questions that help uncover what’s actually driving it. Because what often looks like “phone addi

The Meta and YouTube verdicts mark a real shift in platform accountability. Here's what the conversation that follows needs to get right.

The gap between what teens need and what adults keep offering

Why Nuance Matters in Digital Wellbeing Research

Why counting and restriction miss the bigger picture, and what routines offer instead

In systems optimized for constant use, developmental vulnerability becomes a resource rather than a condition to be protected.

Rather than relying primarily on institutional authority, many students draw on experiential credibility, asking who has lived something, who can show it, and who explains it clearly.

The Grok controversy reveals how generative AI platform design can produce harm, raising urgent questions about youth safety and responsibility.

An analysis of AI hype in education, examining claims of democratization, equity gaps, surveillance, and what past ed-tech promises reveal.