Weapons of Mass Distraction: Why Governor Hochul’s New York Cellphone Ban Rings True for Adults

• By: Rabbi Simcha Weinstein Jewish Autism Network
• May 15th, 2025
• adolescents, digital boundaries, digital wellness, mental health, parenting and technology, policy, screen time effects, smartphone addiction, social media impact, technology
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I’m not one to mix politics and parenting, but something clicked, or maybe buzzed, when Governor Kathy Hochul recently proposed a statewide classroom cell phone ban. The proposed “bell-to-bell” ban would make New York the largest state to restrict classroom phone use. According to the...

Cyberbullying Studied at Four Winds

• By: Staff Writer Behavioral Health News
• July 1st, 2018
• adolescent mental health, bullying victimization, cyberbullying, depression, emotional abuse, psychiatric patients, social media impact, trauma symptoms
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While experiences of victimization are more common in clinical populations, and adolescent psychiatric patients have often been the objects of various forms of bullying, there is reason to believe that bullying via the internet may be particularly harmful for contemporary youths. The nature of...