The Mediatrician from Boston Children's Hospital / Digital Wellness Lab is back - and with his new book! Wondering how to address screen time with your student(s) this summer? He will be joining us to discuss The Mediatrician's Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Kids in a Screen-Saturated World and Summertime Screen Use.
Who is Dr. Rich?
Dr. Rich is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics
at Harvard Medical and practices Adolescent Medicine at Boston Children’s
Hospital. Dr. Rich is also the Founding Director of the first evidence-based
medical program addressing physical, mental, and social health issues
associated with digital technology, the Clinic for Interactive Media and
Internet Disorders (CIMAID). As The Mediatrician®, Dr. Rich offers
research-based, balanced, and practical answers to parents’, teachers’, and
clinicians’ questions about children’s media use and the positive and negative
implications for their health and development. Understanding the power of screens to engage, connect,
and change us all, he is bringing together pediatricians and software
engineers, educators and designers, psychologists, and screenwriters in the
Digital Wellness Lab to synergize in researching, responding to, and innovating
a digital environment in which we can raise healthy, smart, productive, and
kind children.
Click here to read more.
This event is sponsored by the Hampden-Wilbraham Partners for Youth Coalition and will be held in the Brooks Room at the Wilbraham Public Library on Monday, June 10, 2024 from 5-7pm.
All parents, students, and residents of Hampden and Wilbraham are welcome to this FREE event with opportunities for gifts cards, door prizes, and free signed copies of his new book!
If you would like to purchase a copy of "The Mediatrician's Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Kids in a Screen-Saturated World" please visit the Amazon Link Here.
Please answer the following questions to submit your pre-registration, which helps us with event planning.
If you have any questions please contact Bree Berneche, Coalition Coordinator, at
bberneche@hwrsd.org or 413-279-3837.