Helping Young Minds Thrive in the Digital Age.
Technology is changing childhood. Parenting and teaching have to change with it.
Media Minded offers practical, research-informed guidance for families and schools to help kids navigate screens, smartphones, social media and AI.
What We Do
Guidance grounded in psychology, not fear.
There is no shortage of advice telling parents what their children should and shouldn't be doing with technology. The problem is that much of it is conflicting, overly simplistic, or based on fear.
Media Minded takes a different approach.
Founded by Sara Singer Schiff, MA in Media Psychology, Media Minded draws on research in media psychology, child development, and learning in order to help families and schools understand not just how much technology young people are using, but how they're using it, why they're using it, and how it is affecting the rest of their lives.
The goal isn't to eliminate technology, since it is not going away. It's to help young people develop healthier habits, stronger self-regulation, and the skills to navigate a digital world more safely.
Services
Media Minded offers practical, research-informed guidance to help families and schools navigate the challenges of raising and educating young people in a rapidly changing digital world.
For Families
Whether you have a specific question or technology has become a source of ongoing conflict at home, Media Minded provides personalized guidance based on your child, your concerns, and your family's needs.
Parent Technology Consultation
Personalized guidance for your questions.
A focused, one-on-one consultation for parents looking for help with a specific technology question or concern — from smartphones and social media to screen habits, gaming, AI, parental controls, and digital independence.
A customized plan for your family.
A more comprehensive service for families who want to change unhealthy technology patterns, reduce conflict, and establish realistic boundaries. Parents and children work together to create a personalized Family Technology Plan designed to support healthier habits and greater independence over time.
For Schools
Media Minded works with schools to help parents and educators better understand how technology is affecting young people's learning, behavior, relationships, and development — and what they can do about it.
Engaging, accessible presentations that help parents make sense of today's most pressing technology questions, including smartphones, social media, screen habits, AI, and raising children who can manage technology more independently.
Research-informed workshops designed to help teachers and school communities navigate technology and AI in ways that support learning, student well-being, critical thinking, and healthy digital habits.
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Technology is changing quickly. Media Minded helps you keep up.
From smartphones and social media to screen habits and AI. Sign up for practical, research-informed guidance on the technology issues affecting kids today .
Practical strategies: Realistic ways to create healthier technology habits and boundaries at home and at school.
Research made useful: Clear explanations of what the latest research on kids and technology actually means for parents and educators.
Smartphones & Social Media: Guidance on everything from first phones and social media readiness to privacy, independence and healthy online relationships.
AI & Learning: Help understanding how kids are using AI, when it can support learning, and when it may be doing too much of the thinking for them.
What’s Changing: Straightforward updates on new platforms, trends and technology issues worth paying attention to — without the panic.
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About Me
I’m Sara Singer Schiff, founder of Media Minded and a mother of three daughters, so I’ve experienced firsthand the challenges of parenting in an increasingly digital world. With a master’s degree in Media Psychology, and a master’s in Cultural Studies, as well as more than 20 years of experience in media, I bring both professional expertise and personal experience to understanding how technology shapes young people’s lives. I founded Media Minded to help families and schools cut through the noise and make thoughtful, informed decisions about screens, smartphones, social media, AI, and the other technologies shaping childhood today.
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