Technology & Children Resources
Recommended Reading
- Taking Back Childhood – Nancy Carlsson-Paige
- The Shallows – Nicholas Carr
- Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age – Sherry Turkle
Articles
- Mindfulness and the Average Smartphone
- Time to Put Your Kids on a Media Diet
- Technology in Education: What Teachers Should Know
- A Reconsideration of Children and Screen Time
- Before You Scroll, Try This Mindful Social Media Practice
- Young Children in the Digital Age: A Parent’s Guide
- How to Help Families Determine If Social Media May Be Problematic for Their Child
Selected Research
Websites & Organizations
- Common Sense Media – Evidence-based media advice, parent handouts, and age-based ratings for movies, games, and books
- Facing the Screen Dilemma – Research summary on media and early childhood
- Science News – Articles on media and child development
- Center for Humane Technology
- Children’s Screen Time Action Network – Resource library
- Social Media Test Drive
Useful Apps & Tools
Screen Time & Focus (Adults and Teens)
- Moment (iPhone) – Daily summaries of device usage
- Quality Time (Android) – Usage monitoring and reports
- Freedom – Block distractions and improve focus
- Forest – Stay focused by growing a virtual forest
- Opal – Screen-time management and focus software
- StayFree – Track and reduce overuse
- one sec – Interrupt mindless app use
- Pomodoro Timer – Web-based Pomodoro technique tool
Productivity & Task Management
- Microsoft To Do – Task management app
- 30 Best Apps for ADHD – Overview article
- 5 Best To-Do List Managers – Overview article
Parental Controls & Family Monitoring
- Circle with Disney – Filters content and sets limits on home Wi-Fi
- Qustodio – Family online supervision tools
- Norton Family – Website filtering and activity monitoring
- Net Nanny – Parental control software
- Bark – Advanced content monitoring across devices
- TeenSafe – Monitoring tools for teens
- Microsoft Family Safety – Parental control and location tools
School & Education Tools
- GoGuardian – Classroom and school device monitoring
Emerging Tools & Reading
- Roots introduces a screen time app for “digital dopamine”