Here are some of the resources we believe can help. This list has been examined by experts in the mental health field. Please note these are just recommendations, and not “one size fits all”.
Humane Tech App Ratings
What's the difference between apps we cherish vs. regret?
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media.
Common Sense Latino
Find short videos and articles in Spanish for Latino families on how to navigate media and technology, including social media management, cyberbullying, online safety and more.
Humane Tech Take Control
Try these simple changes to live more intentionally with your devices right now.
Child Mind: Media & Tech.
Try these simple changes to live more intentionally with your devices right now.
Digital Citizenship Lessons
Ready-to-teach lessons to address your changing needs in the classroom.
Let's Talk Teens
A place parents, educators, youth workers and teens can go to find resources and tools that speak to their circumstances.
Reclaim ~30-40% of your attention with every article you read.
Focus your inbox by only showing messages when you click "Show Inbox" instead of getting distracted as new emails arrive..
Blue light from screens late at night tricks our body into believing it's still daytime, which disrupts our natural ability to sleep.
See how much time you spend on different apps on your desktop along with various websites.
Gmail only. This archives the email right after you send it. The email will reappear in the inbox when the person replies.
Rapidly allows others to book time on your calendar by sending them a quick link. Helps each user save 10-15 minutes per meeting scheduled.
Removes the Facebook newsfeed and blurs the sidebars and notifications, allowing you to use some of the more utilitarian features of Facebook without getting sucked into the newsfeed.
Blocks robocalls and decreases the time you spend dealing with spam and telemarketers.
Siempo protects you from distractions & mindless use by letting you replace your home screen with an interface that allows you to batch notifications, unbrand icons, randomize their location, and set restrictions to prevent unconscious usage.
Removes recommended videos from the side bar of youtube, making you less likely to get sucked in to unintentional content-holes. (Does not currently disable autoplay.)
KeepAppy is the preventative wellness toolkit, located right on your phone! Using the tools recommended by psychologists, KeepAppy is designed to maintain and enhance users’ mental wellbeing. KeepAppy has ten features in its toolkit, based on the three centre pillars of prevention, growth and care.
Need a reset on your family's relationship with screens? We talk to doctors and experts and get their science-backed advice on how to use screens to connect instead of control — plus some sobering words on our own use of screens.
When dealing with children, there is a constant struggle between trying to keep them safe while also allowing them the freedom to explore and learn about themselves and the world. This has always been a challenge, but it's become even more difficult thanks to the internet. Kids have access to more information than they've ever had before, and this exposes them to a whole new set of risks.
Here’s how to have a healthy and mindful relationship with media so you can stay informed, engaged, and feeling good.
Before deepfakes and alternative facts, the online world was already telling us fibs. In our series Lies the Internet Told Me, we call 'em all out.
Six tips from a psychologist for coping with the negative impacts of social media use, which research has linked to social isolation, loneliness, and depression.
Many of us spend hours every day tethered to our devices, pawing at the screen to see if it will deliver a few more likes or emails, monitoring the world and honing our online presence.
Digital Nutrition is about thinking beyond screen time limits and restrictions, and doing the deep and messy work of understanding our relationship with technology and creating more savvy habits relating to what, when and why we choose to consume different items from the enormous digital buffet.
Technology has a hole in it, I can feel it. Something isn’t right and while the current era of technology platforms feels like it has reached its zenith, there is something missing from the way many people are talking about the future.
Lost faith in Facebook and Instagram after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? Here’s a guide to breaking up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good.
Internet safety tips for kids and their parents.
Is there a role for social media in perpetuating anxiety and loneliness?
Definition and Overview
Anxiety. Four mere syllables. Seven mere letters. Yet s.u.c.h. a forceful nature. Bully-ish. Controlling. Consuming. Exhausting.
According to new research, your social networking habits might be affecting your brain more than you know.
Ever try to pry a tablet from sticky fingers? Check out these tips to avoid the tantrum.
Experts say kids are growing up with more anxiety and less self-esteem.
Instagram is the worst social media network for mental health and wellbeing, according to a recent survey of almost 1,500 teens and young adults.
In our ‘Always On’ world, colleagues text and email us at all hours, expecting a quick response. But with these strategies, you can be happily out of reach—and not out of a job