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Boys Online: What the Latest Data Shows
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Amy and Margaret discuss two new studies on boys and their lives online—in social media and gaming—and how today's digital culture shapes boys’ mental health, relationships, and ideas about their bodies and about masculinity.
We discuss why gaming fills social and emotional needs for many boys, why the time spent may be of more concern than the content, and how parents can stay involved without over-policing.
You’ll learn practical ways to become an “ask-able” parent, set boundaries, and how to know whether their time spent online is more harmful than helpful.
Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:
Gottfried, Jeffrey & Sidoti, Olivia for Pew Research Center: Teens and Video Games Today
Clair Cain Miller & Amy Fan for the NYT: “How Video Games Are Shaping a Generation of Boys, for Better and Worse”
Oxford Internet Institute: “Violent Video Games Found Not to Be Associated with Adolescent Aggression
Boston Children's Digital Wellness Lab: Pulse Survey: Digital Gaming and Social Interaction
Claire Cain Miller for the NYT: It’s Not Just a Feeling: Data Shows Boys and Young Men Are Falling Behind
Federica Pallavicini et. al for Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking: The Effects of Playing Video Games on Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, and Gaming Disorder During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: PRISMA Systematic Review
Wenliang Su et. al for Computers in Human Behavior: Do men become addicted to internet gaming and women to social media? A meta-analysis examining gender-related differences in specific internet addiction
Kirk M. Welker for JAMA: Video Games—Cognitive Help or Hindrance?
Kara Alaimo for CNN Health: What your teenage son is really seeing on social media, according to new survey
Common Sense Media: Boys & Gaming: What Parents Need to Know
Why Kids Get Obsessed—And Why It's a Good Thing
Laura Vanderkam's time-tracking spreadsheet
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