Should I Get Professional Help?
Getting Answers
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You can leverage these resources while navigating Chapter 12 in The Digital Parenting Guidebook. We will continue to add additional resources based on feedback from the book.
Problematic Media Use Measure
Chapter 12 introduced the Problematic Media Use Measure (PMUM)1. You can use this worksheet to track the responses to each question for your child:
PMUM Worksheet
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Guide to Professional Help
We are working on a guide to help parents find a professional mental health provider. We will update this page once the guide is complete. If you have questions, please visit the Digital Parenting Community.
Expected April 2024
Footnotes
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Sarah E. Domoff et al., “Development and Validation of the Problematic Media Use Measure: A Parent Report Measure of Screen Media 'Addiction' in Children,” Psychology of Popular Media Culture 8, no. 1 (2019): 2-11. doi:10.1037/ppm0000163. ↩
Discuss in the Community
Join a discussion with other parents who are implementing this step. This will enable you to ask questions, give guidance to other families, and build a community with other digital parents.
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