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Osprey Panel Discussion at the University of Mississippi

This video features the launch of Osprey (Old School Parents Raising Engaged Youth) with a panel discussion with Dr. Stacey, Agent Polson, and Mr. Meena about the relationship between adolescents and social media use and the advantages of delaying social media use until after high school graduation.

The Silicon Valley school where tech honchos send their kids so they DON’T use computers

This School Took Away Smartphones. The Kids Don’t Mind.

Here’s what happened when a Massachusetts school decided smartphones were splintering its community

The Techpreneurs of Silicon Valley are Keeping their Families Away from Technology. Should You Too?

Growing dependence on apps and social media affects physical, mental, and emotional health

Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media

Generation Z has grown up online – so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat?

Your Kids Don’t Need Social Media

Facebook is waking up to what some of us knew all along

It Was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now.

Parenthood has always been fraught with worry and guilt, but parents in the age of social media have increasingly confronted a distinctly acute kind of powerlessness.

The Dangerous Experiment on Teen Girls

The preponderance of the evidence suggests that social media is causing real damage to adolescents.

I’m 14, and I quit social media after discovering what was posted about me.

When 8th grader Sonia Bokhari joined social media for the first time, she discovered that her mom and sister had been posting about her for her entire life.

Be ScreenStrong

There are resources and courses to educate families before introducing kids to smart phones and also help for screen addicted kids who want to change their relationship with social media. ScreenStrong is a medically and psychologically backed organization that helps educate parents and kids on healthy screen use. Learn more at ScreenStrong.org and use the discount code ‘OSPREY’ for 30% off all ScreenStrong courses.