well-being

Youth and Well-Being at UNGA80

by Catherine Jhee
October 2, 2025

Last week, during the United Nations General Assembly (#UNGA80), the Joan Ganz Cooney Center was honored to participate in important conversations about how technology is shaping young people’s lives—and what

The 2025 WBxD Fellows Take Their Show on the Road

by Sarah Jacobstein
July 31, 2025

What did our 2025 Well-Being by Design Fellows learn about designing tech with kids’ well-being in mind? A lot, it turns out!During the intensive five-month program, the 12 mid-career designers

Panel at IDC 2025: Innovating Digital Play: Partnership for research-driven industry impact

by Administrator
June 10, 2025

The goal of this panel is to present a research and industry design deployment collaboration, in designing digital play for children’s well-being. The panel will share processes, learnings, and ideas moving forward,

Playing with Well-Being By Design at Games for Change 2025

by Administrator
May 30, 2025

Join the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at the Games for Change 2025 Festival on Friday, June 27 for a workshop on creating games that promote children’s well-being. Hear how Fred

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

Digital Media and Kids with Dr. Michael Rich and Dr. Rosemarie Truglio

by Leslie Berkowitz
January 9, 2025

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center and the West Side YMCA invite you to join us for a book party to celebrate an incredible resource for parents of all children of

Into the Digital Future: Technology and Children’s Well-Being

by Catherine Jhee
November 19, 2024

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and Roblox are thrilled to announce the third season of Into the Digital Future, our podcast that explores the complexities of parenting

October Highlights from Michael Preston

by Michael Preston
October 22, 2024

Dear Friends,Happy October! The best month, in my opinion—although are we tired of pumpkin spice yet?First things first: we were thrilled to see so many applications to our Well-Being by

“A Whole Lot Like Love”: Play Make Learn 2024

by Melissa Gedney
September 17, 2024

Ever since I joined the Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s Well-being by Design Fellowship, I have found myself subconsciously auditing my entire virtual world for its well-being design considerations. Does the

Call for Applications: Well-Being by Design Fellowship 2025

by Sarah Jacobstein
September 6, 2024

The Call for Applications is now open through October 11, 2024. If you follow our work, you may have seen the incredible results produced by our inaugural cohort of Well-Being

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