News from the Center for Children, Families and Communities

2020

Parent Coaching Can Make Life Easier, Or More Stressful: The Choice is Yours. Fatherly. (2020, January).
Mental health tips for parents, caregivers, and families during the COVID-19 pandemic PBS WCMU
Strategies for parents and teens to maintain social contact during the COVID-19 pandemic Cleveland.com (2020, March 22).
Ways to talk to your children about the Coronavirus MLive
Tips on addressing screen addiction in children and how to helps parents address problematic media use NBC News and The Today Show (2020, January 31)

2019

Why Do Kids Whine, and What Can You Do About It? MetroParent (2019, December).
Advice on promoting healthy screen time among children Vulture (2019, December 18)
Tips on how to curb phone usage WDET (2019, December 13)
Consumer Affairs Consumer groups are petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to investigate how large technology and media companies interact with children (2019, December 5)
The rise of children's viewing of online videos The Columbian (2019, November 3)
Watching videos online increasing in children The Epoch Times (2019, October 31)
When to give adolescents smartphones Mashable (2019, October 30)
Consequences from the increasing rate of children's exposure to YouTube videos Daily Mail (2019, October 29)
Children's engagement with online videos WRDW (2019, October 29)
The relation between excessive use of smartphones and academic performance among adolescents The Morning Sun (2019, September 30)
The assessment of problematic media use Life Hacker (2019, August 9)
Concerns surrounding videogame monetization Game Industry (2019, August 8)
Assessment of, and tips for, problematic media use among children NPR (2019, June 30)
Videogame addiction among children and adolescents NPR (2019, May 28)
The effects of toxic stress on children Central Michigan Life (2019, March 20)
Rising rates of screen time among children Health Day (2019, February 2019)
Tips for healthy social media use Thrive Global (2019, January 31)
Parenting strategies for child screen time NPR (2019, January 15)

2018

Ways parents can manage screen time among teenagers Health Day (2018, December 28)
How parents talk to their children about technology Futurity (2018, December 12)
Challenges of monitoring children's online activity ABC 7 WXYZ Detroit (2018, December 11).
How parents talk about mobile technology with their children Science Daily (2018, December 11).
Limiting screen time among children and adolescents Lima Ohio News (2018, November 24)
Challenges parents face with managing screen time among children Seattle Times (2018, November 22)
How Parent-Child Interaction Therapy improves children's health The Morning Sun (2018, November 15)
Evaluating and addressing adolescent video game addiction WBUR (2018, October 6)
Technology-induced anxiety among adolescents Thrive Global (2018, September 7)
How excessive media use is linked to depression and anxiety among adolescents NBC 25 News (2018, August 16)
What families should know about screen time NPR Blog (2018, July 9)
The negative consequences of excessive screen use Channel 5 News
How U.S. technology companies are addressing screen addiction among children Business Standard

2017

Parents' misperceptions about screen time Simplemost (2017, December 12)
Signs of screen media addiction among children Consumer Affairs (2017, December 5)
Ways to detect screen addiction among children The New York Post (2017, December 4)
Signs of screen time addiction among children Science Daily (2017, December 1)
Digital addiction among children Psychology Today (2017, November 23)

2016

Children's media use and parental mediation of media WDIV Detroit (2016, December 5)

2014

CCFC-Community Partnerships to Attack Michigan Mental Health Crisis. Bridge Magazine, 242.

2013

Have a Kid Who's Out of Control? A New Therapy Offers a Kind of Parental Empowerment. Washington Post (December, 2013).