Parenting and Social Media Discussion

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Online 

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Overview

Are you concerned about the amount of screen-time your kids have during the pandemic?

A recent New York Times story describes how parents across the world are "watching their children slide down an increasingly slippery path into an all-consuming digital life," where limits on screen time have all but disappeared as "computers, tablets and phones became the centerpiece of school and social life."

To discuss these pressing issues related to parenting, technology, and social media, we are pleased to announce an upcoming talk by Dr. Candice Odgers, a renowned Professor of Psychological Science and Informatics at the University of California Irvine. Join us on February 10th, 2021 from 9:00am-10:30am EST via Zoom.

For additional information in advance of the event, please see the attached report “Common Sense Media – Tweens, Teens, Tech and Mental Health” by Candice L. Odgers, Ph.D., University of California and Irvine Michael B. Robb, Ph.D., Common Sense Media (2020).

Please email sjoosse@uoguelph to be sent the Zoom link if you are registering less than 24 hours before this event.


About the Speaker

Candice Odgers is a Professor of Psychological Science and Informatics at the University of California Irvine and Co-Director of the Child & Brain Development Program at CIFAR. Her research focuses on how early experiences and social inequalities influence development, with an emphasis on how digital technologies can be leveraged to improve the lives of young people.

Odgers was a William T. Grant Scholar and her work has been recognized with awards from the American Psychological Association, Society for Research in Child Development, Royal Society of Canada, and Association for Psychological Science. In 2015 she was awarded the Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Early Career Award and, in 2016, the Jacobs Foundation Advanced Research Fellowship.

She is the author of over 100 scientific publications and her research has been disseminated widely via outlets such as the Economist, New York Times, Scientific American, and the Washington Post. You can follow Dr. Odgers on twitter @candice_odgers and more information about her work can be found on adaptlab.org

Facilitator

The CARE-AI team will be facilitating this event. CARE-AI works to advance multidisciplinary AI training and research, and its responsible application to improve life.

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