Parent’s Guide to Kalshi and Prediction Markets
What parents should know about prediction markets, financial risks and keeping teens safe.
Parent and Teen Guide to Generative AI
New technology offers risks and rewards.
Family Guide to Parental Controls
How do I know when to use them, and should I tell my kids?
Critical Thinking Skills with AI Use in the Classroom
AI can be a powerful learning tool, but is it helping students think critically or doing the thinking for them?
Critical Thinking Skills with AI Use in the Classroom
AI can be a powerful learning tool, but is it helping students think critically or doing the thinking for them?
Parent Guides
Parent’s Guide to Uber Teen Accounts
As teens mature, parents look for ways to strike a balance between independence and safety. Transportation is one of the biggest challenges: how do you give your teen the freedom to get to school activities, jobs, or friends’ houses without always being in the...
Parent and Teen Guide to Generative AI
What is Generative AI? Generative AI (GAI) is a branch of artificial intelligence that automates original content generation. It can write essays, poems, song lyrics, articles and scripts. It can draw images and cartoons, create videos, answer questions, write...
Parent’s Guide to Uber Teen Accounts
As teens mature, parents look for ways to strike a balance between independence and safety. Transportation is one of the biggest challenges: how do you give your teen the freedom to get to school activities, jobs, or friends’ houses without always being in the...
Digital Communication and Young People on the Autism Spectrum
By Ted Selker, PhD, and Ellen Shay Reviewed by Meril Platzer, MD, a board-certified neurologist, and Sadie M. Randle, Ed.D, an autism and neurodiversity researcher and educator. Online communication can be an empowering tool for children and teens on the autism...
Guide to Taking Control of Your Instagram Feed
By Hina Talib, MD and Larry Magid, Ed.D. Instagram’s algorithm, which ranks and recommends posts based on your past activity, tries to show you what it thinks you’ll like—but sometimes it misses the mark. If your feed feels overwhelming, repetitive or just not “you,”...
Wellness and Safety
What the Meta Settlement Means for Parents & Teens
You may have heard about the landmark settlement between and Meta and a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general about teen safety. You can read our full report, but here is what parents and teens need to know about how it will impact you. This...
What to Do if Someone Uses AI to Create a Nude Image of You or Your Child
AI tools make it increasingly easy for someone to create a convincing fake nude or sexual image of another person, sometimes from nothing more than an ordinary photo posted online. If this happens to you or your child, there are steps you can take. First, don’t panic,...
Meta Trial: Make Social Media Safer Without Losing Its Benefits
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News As you may have heard, Meta is on trial in an Oakland courtroom, accused of knowingly designing its social media products to be addictive and contributing to what the plaintiffs call a national youth mental...
Schools Shouldn’t Ban AI. They Should Teach It
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Even if you try to avoid it, AI is probably part of your life. It’s being embedded into an increasing number of products and services, including refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, cars, software and online...
Youth Voices
Critical Thinking Skills with AI Use in the Classroom
By Julianna Bryant Julianna is a college student and member of ConnectSafely’s Youth Advisory Council. There have been so many times, in high school and in college, when I have had 2 days to start and finish a 10-page paper. In the back of my mind, I am constantly...
What Teens and Young Adults Should Know About Sports Betting
By Julianna Bryant Julianna is a college student and member of ConnectSafely’s Youth Advisory Council. As we are officially in NFL season, watch almost any game and you'll see the same message calling you to place a bet. Since the Supreme Court struck down the federal...
Prediction Markets: Gambling by Another Name
By Connor Doherty Connor is a high school student and member of ConnectSafely’s Youth Advisory Council. Kurt Freudenberg was gambling for 15 hours a day before his parents realized that something was amiss. Exposed to the world of gambling at age 11, Freudenberg had...
The Debate Over Social Media Age Limits
By Connor DohertyConnor is a high school student and member of ConnectSafely’s Youth Advisory Council. On December 10, 2025, Australia became the first country to enforce a nationwide ban on social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat for users...
Videos
1. Generative AI for Families
2. Smart Digital Parenting: Navigating Screens with Children & Teens
3. New Gaming Research
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