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Into the Digital Future: Teens, Technology, and Trust with Amanda Lenhart

by Laura Higgins and Jordan Shapiro
February 27, 2025

In this episode of Into the Digital Future, hosts Jordan Shapiro and Laura Higgins sit down with long-time mixed methods researcher Amanda Lenhart to discuss her journey into internet research

Screens and Youth: Generating conversations between tweens and their caregivers

by Liz Kolb and Kristin Fontichiaro
January 9, 2023

“I know the right answer is to tell an adult, but I would not tell an adult. I would ask my friend Lucy for advice.” This was a 7th grader’s

Into the Digital Future: Pandemic Parenting and Kids’ Digital Wellbeing with Dr. Jenny Radesky

by Jordan Shapiro and Laura Higgins
December 2, 2021

This transcript of the Into the Digital Future podcast provides excerpts of the conversation that have been edited for clarity. Please listen to the full episode here. Dr. Jenny Radesky is

Join Us As We Head Into the Digital Future – A New Podcast from the Cooney Center

by Jordan Shapiro and Laura Higgins
December 2, 2021

When it comes to raising healthy and smart kids in the digital age, there really are no easy answers. Parents are often the gatekeepers or guides of our kids’ relationships

Hey Big Tech, Now is the Perfect Time to Support Our Kids

by Candice Odgers
May 27, 2021

Zoom school may be over for most of us, but many of our children will continue to spend more time online each week than they do in physical schools.Digital devices

Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children’s Lives

by Catherine Jhee
August 12, 2020

On July 29, 2020, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center hosted a virtual book release party for our friends Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross, authors of Parenting for a Digital Future.

David Kleeman: What will change as a result of the pandemic

by David Kleeman
April 14, 2020

For Part 2 of the Voices on the Future of Childhood series, we asked experts to take a stab at predicting the future by offering their thoughts on “What will

Powerful Ideas About Young Children and Technology: Thoughts from Thought Leaders

by Chip Donohue
October 15, 2019

Let me set the scene. You’ve been invited to a roundtable conversation with 17 international thought leaders working at the intersection of child development, early learning and children’s media. As

Common Sense Media Invites Sesame Street to a #DeviceFreeDinner

by Diane Jones Lowrey
April 24, 2019

I remember so well the days when my now-grown daughter was a little girl learning to count and read and taking in life lessons from the beloved characters on Sesame

What Does the Research Say About Tech and Kids’ Learning? Part 2 of 2

by Michael H. Levine, Ph.D.
April 30, 2018

In January 2018, Michael Levine participated in a panel conversation on young children’s media use hosted by Common Sense Media and the Brooklyn Public Library. Here, in the second of

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