Social Media, Generative AI, and Youth Well-Being: Learning and Teaching for Digital Thriving

Harvard HGSE

Educators, policymakers, and designers are navigating a digital landscape engineered for attention and, increasingly, intimacy. Young people are disproportionately affected by these systems, yet their voices and insights are rarely centered. This course invites adults to interrogate their own assumptions, habits, and mindsets so that we can meet young people where they are as they grow up with evolving technologies. Together we ask: What do we need to understand — about technology, market…