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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

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Kids Weren't Prepared for Social Media. Will AI Be Better?

Kids Weren't Prepared for Social Media. Will AI Be Better?

Protecting kids from AI is impossible. Teaching digital literacy is not.

10.05.2026 30

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Why Caregivers Are More Vulnerable to Doomscrolling

High responsibility and stress make constant crisis exposure harder to resist.

28.04.2026 60

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Do You Want Your Kids Arguing Like a Politician?

Politics teaches our kids to handle conflict by fighting dirty not with respect.

21.04.2026 60

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Why U.S. Politics Looks Like a Bad Marriage

Patterns shown to predict divorce are now prevalent in politics.

17.04.2026 50

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

AI Driver's Ed: 8 Rules of the Digital Road for Good Drivers

17.11.2025 30

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Why Dreamwork Matters in an Image-Filled World

02.08.2025 70

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Kids and Chatbots: When AI Feels Like a Friend

25.06.2025 80

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Tell Me My Story: From Myers-Briggs to BuzzFeed

08.06.2025 60

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

When Fiction Feels Like Fact: Why Stories Shape Our Beliefs

02.06.2025 70

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

What Texas's Age-Gating Law Gets Wrong About Kids and Tech

29.05.2025 30

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

The Popularity of True Crime: Why We Can't Stop

14.05.2025 70

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

The Real Costs of Trade Wars: Disappearing Hopes and Dreams

19.04.2025 50

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

Why Are We So Lonely? Tackling the Loneliness Epidemic

19.03.2025 70

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d