@SueScheff

Author & Cybersafety Advocate. Latest book, @ShameNationBook (foreword by @MonicaLewinsky). Featured on 20/20,TodayShow,CBS & more. Founder: https://xitter.cf/t.co/qYab8TTeAM

 Florida and New York
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Joined August 2007
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It only takes one "click" to change your life. #Cyberbullying, online #shame is a human disaster. It's up to us to turn it around.Learn more, read @ShameNationBook -special offer on #Amazon. amazon.com/Shame-Nation-Glob… Choosing #kindness & compassion in an age of cruelty & trolling.
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#BackToSchool More #schools have implemented phone policies. 3 quick tips to prepare your teen to handle their new normal. v @PsychToday #parentingtips #backtoschool2025 psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

How to Help Your Teen Handle Their New School Phone Policy

With school cell phone bans and restrictions growing across the country, how will your teen handle their day without their phone? How to help your teen survive their phone ban.

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New @pewresearch shares almost half 48% of teens realize #socialmedia is harming their #mentalhealth. Spending time outdoors has proven to improve mood, #anxiety & overall well-being. Let's give them ways to get off screens & outside! via @PsychToday psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

How to Get Teens Off Screens

Social media has threatened teen's mental health and well-being. Nearly half of teens realize the harm. Learn five ways to get your teen off their screen and outside.

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How to Help Teens Handle Life Pressure through Friendships> #DYK Friends can improve a teen's emotional well-being, learn 3 ways to nurture #friendship. via @PsychToday psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

How to Help Teens Handle Life Pressure through Friendships

How good friends and emotional support can help your teen handle life's pressures, such as depression and anxiety.

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During the holidays, adults are not the only ones that struggle w/ loneliness. Research shares teen loneliness has doubled over the years in an age of tech. 5 Ways to help your teen feel less lonely v @PsychToday : #parenting #teens #holidays #lonely psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

How to Deal with Teen Loneliness in an Age of Technology

In an age of technology, teens struggle with socializing in real life and dealing with loneliness. 5 Ways to help your teen become more social (in real life) and less lonely.

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Challenges of #parenting teens today -- @pewresearch report, explores why #parents & #teens believe it's harder being a teen today vs 20 yrs ago: via @PsychToday #technology #mentalhealth psychologytoday.com/intl/blo…
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Teenage #mentalhealth is a growing concern for parents today. A contributing factor is "sleep" for young people. Sleep is critical for both emotional & physical health - 3 ways to promote healthy sleep habits via @PsychToday #ParentingTips psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

How to Promote Healthy Sleep Habits for Your Teen

Sleep is critical during the teenage years for emotional and physical health. Here are three ways to promote to improve young people's sleep and mental wellness.

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@kiteandkeymedia17 Apr 2024
You’ve probably heard a lot lately about Jonathan Haidt's argument that smartphones and social media are taking a toll on the mental health of young people. But you may not have heard as much about the other problem he identifies: parents. Our new video explains.

Social Media (and Overprotective Parents) Changed Childhood

All over the developed world, the mental health of young people is in decline. Can we reverse it?

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My brand new piece is out! "Lessons Learned from Ten Generative AI Misuse Cases" - I discuss ten major incidents and the key takeaways related to human vulnerability, media literacy, content provenance, LLM/LMM parameter setting, & governmental oversight. cyberbullying.org/generative…
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Thx @DarrenLaur - This sounds like an excellent read - "Unlocked" Gr8 summary by you, I apprec >> facts vs fear & the 5 takeaways have convinced me to read it! IMO -- both seem to share that we need a shift to manage our tech habits. Like everything, it's abt finding balance.
Darren Laur - White Hatter Team 🇨🇦@DarrenLaur5 Apr 2024
Replying to @SueScheff @FT @JonHaidt
Like you, I have read Anxious Generations, but I have also read the recently 2024 published book "Unlocked" by tech researcher and psychologist Dr Pete Etchells which pushes back against Prof Haidt's bool thewhitehatter.ca/blog/a-boo…
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The Anxious Generation - "...social media is particularly pernicious for young adolescents, whose brains are still developing..., drawing on reams of data; its “likes” & comparisons can have powerfully destructive effects." via @FT M/T @JonHaidt ft.com/content/b401b828-80a2…

The Anxious Generation — should phones be taken away from teens?

Jonathan Haidt argues that social media and gaming have disastrously rewired childhood, but haven’t we been here before?

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Seriously -- one of the best books yet of 2024 (or ever) regarding the #mentalhealth crisis of young pple and tech (smartphones). 1-no phones til HS 2-no SM til 16/18 3-phone free schools 4-More real free play time! T/U @JonHaidt #ParentingTips
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
@FiringLineShow29 Mar 2024
"My goal is that by the end of 2025, our assumptions, our norms about childhood will be different," says @JonHaidt as he launches his #freetheanxiousgeneration movement. "And it will come to be common sense that you just don't give a smartphone to a kid before high school."
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New report @pewinternet > Majority of #teens are happier & more peaceful when digitally disconnected - 5 ways parents can create a #smartphone contract to manage #screentime via @PsychToday #parenting #mentalhealth psychologytoday.com/intl/blo…
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Today 5 of the BIG Tech comp testify(IMO)making excuses for their failure to keep kids safe online from predators, harmful content-etc Daily we wake up to latest teen suicide-related to cyberbullying or exploitation. Time for accountability #OnlineSafety thehill.com/opinion/technolo…

Big Tech is preying on children for profit, and Congress needs to stop it

Hollywood is marketing television shows with explicit adult content to young teens through social media apps such as TikTok and Instagram.

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New Report: Abt 1 in 6 #Parents admit likely wouldn’t know if their teen or young adult were betting online. Tips to talk to kids abt the risks of online #gambling via @PsychToday MT @csmottpoll #parentingtips psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

How Teen Online Gambling Is a Growing Concern for Parents

New report shares concerns about teen online gambling and the risks to mental health and addiction. Here are three tips to talk to your teen about the dangers of online betting.

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We've just updated our popular *Cyberbullying: Identification, Prevention, and Response* fact sheet for 2024 with the latest research findings and emerging best practices. It's a free 9-page PDF download - use it to get caught up and learn what to do! cyberbullying.org/cyberbully…
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Instead of solely imposing restrictions for teens & tech, parents can collaborate w/their teens to manage screen time. 5 Ways to find a healthy balance - your #mentalhealth matters. #ParentingTips #parenting via @PsychToday psychologytoday.com/intl/blo…
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One of the most common concerns of parents today is the overuse of social media w kids & teens. STUDY: 1/3 of teens “almost constantly” use at least one of the top 5 social media sites such as YouTube, TikTok & Instagram. @pewresearch pewresearch.org/internet/202…

Teens, Social Media and Technology 2023

YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain the most widely used online platforms among U.S. teens. And teens are less likely to be using Facebook and Twitter (recently renamed X) than they were a...

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Such an important topic for all parents of kids & teens today. Thx @TODAYshow for this extended segment of resources to help youth navigate screen time. #mentalhealth #ShameNation #parenting
TODAY
@TODAYshow20 Oct 2023
We're taking an in depth-look at a generation defining issue: screen time 📱 Take a closer look at the impact of screen time and what is at stake.
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Such an important segment - esp now, @60Minutes with @jean_twenge @andersoncooper abt teens & screentime -- #Parents need to help kids limit tech & social media usage, they need & want boundaries. #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness #parenting
60 Minutes
@60Minutes10 Oct 2023
An experiment found college students who limited themselves to 30 minutes a day on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat reported significant decreases in loneliness and depression. #WorldMentalHealthDay Watch @andersoncooper's 2018 report on screen time: cbsn.ws/3RT46eV

Less social media led to decreases in loneliness and depression

Watch 60 Minutes Sundays on @CBS, or anytime on @paramountplus and https://cbsn.ws/34D1mLY

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Happy #Book Birthday to @DrRobyn! "How to Talk to Kids About Anything" is launching today. Her #podcasts were always so FANTASTIC & educational for all! Her latest on my site: 5 Ways to Talk to Closed-Doors Teens> helpyourteens.com/5-ways-to-…
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