This page serves as a living collection of trusted, family-friendly resources that schools can share with caregivers, students, and staff. We will continue to update this page with relevant resources related to family engagement and digital wellness as they become available.
The information on this page is not supported by State Support Team 9 but is provided for your information.
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce highlights the important role families play in helping students build healthy cell phone habits. Their guidance supports families in reinforcing school cell phone policies and reducing device use outside of school. Resources include tips for talking with your child about cell phone use, strategies to reduce screen time at home, and additional tools families can explore together.
These research-based family guides offer age-specific recommendations for screen use, media habits, and technology boundaries—from early childhood through adolescence. Each guide includes practical tips, reflection questions, and strategies families can realistically apply at home.
The Digital Wellness Lab’s 5 M’s framework helps families think holistically about digital wellbeing (model, mentor, monitor, mastery, and meaning). This framework is a helpful conversation tool for educators and families to move beyond screen-time limits and toward balanced, intentional technology use.
These AI tip sheets for parents are useful to educators too. While AI has the potential to support learning, it can also put kids’ development, safety, and autonomy at risk. Avoiding these risks requires empowering parents to help their kids manage AI use and strengthen the skills that AI can undermine. Brookings Institute created a series of tip sheets for parents of kids aged 10-14. This series focuses on 10 core skills kids need to become resilient learners in an AI-driven world. Each tip sheet offers bite-sized information about AI and its impact on kids, highlights what parents might notice as they observe AI use at home and school, and provides conversation starters and activities families can use together.
(Tip sheets will be added on a rolling basis over the coming months, visit this link for updates)
Sesame Workshop offers resources for young children and caregivers that focus on making connections, making choices, noticing and talking about feelings, navigating transitions, and learning through media in developmentally appropriate ways.
This online course equips providers to support families and young children with digital wellbeing strategies and engaging content that foster safe, connected, and enriching media experiences—both online and offline.
Check out this great video explaining AI to young children to help families begin age-appropriate conversations about emerging technology.
This collection of tools is designed specifically for adolescents and focuses on self-awareness, coping skills, and emotional wellbeing in a digital context.
The Child Mind Institute’s YouTube channel features short, expert-led videos on child and adolescent mental health, including anxiety, social media, behavior, and family communication. The content is practical, evidence-informed, and easy to share.
The Screenagers Project uses films, guides, and discussion materials to help families and students understand the impact of screens, social media, gaming, and mental health. Their resources are designed to spark meaningful conversations between adults and young people. Please note that Screenagers resources require a purchase fee.
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