How Tech and AI Is Reshaping Teen Minds, Moods & Relationships
15
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Today’s teens are growing up in a world where tech and AI don’t just shape what they see, they shape how they think, feel, behave and develop. In this timely session, Dr Charlotte Armitage explores how digital devices and algorithm-driven content impact the developing brain, motivation, and emotional wellbeing.
Charlotte will offer insight into how parents can help teens stay connected, think critically, and stay grounded so they can find their feet in an AI-driven world, and remain human.
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Charlotte Armitage
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Dr Charlotte is a psychologist specialising in children, technology, and mental health. She is the founder of Be Device Wise, which supports schools and local authorities to create healthier device-use behaviours. Her book, Generation Zombie: Why Devices are Harming Your Children and What You Can Do About It (Hachette UK, 2025), explores the psychological impact of screens on young people.
Charlotte works widely with schools, parents, councils, and the media, and is a member of the Health Professionals for Safer Screens and the NHS West Yorkshire Trauma Informed Network. She created the national No Phones at Home Day campaign and regularly speaks in the media on child development and device use.
This year, Charlotte is leading large-scale conferences with Leeds and Derbyshire councils, training hundreds of schools in the Device Wise Programme. She also delivered a TEDx Talk at Manchester Bridgewater Hall on “How Devices are Harming Kids and What We Can Do About It.”
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15
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM