Jacqueline Vickery

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 addiction” is...

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