Stanford Youth Study — US Parents & Kids (Age 9–13)

What You'll Do6

• Complete a set of short online surveys at points during the study period.
• Answer text-message check-ins that arrive a few times over the 8 weeks.
• Install a parental-control app on your child's smartphone and leave it in place for the full study.
• Guide your child through two brief online surveys.
• Make sure your child responds to their own text-message check-ins.
• Choose one child from your household to join you in the study.

Requirements5

• Live in the United States.
• Be a parent or guardian of a child aged 9-13 who has a personal smartphone.
• Agree to install a parental-control app on that child's phone and keep it installed for the study.
• Both you and your child are willing to participate together.
• Enroll only one child per household.

Who Should Apply

The ideal candidate is a US parent or guardian with a child between 9 and 13 who owns a smartphone. That parent can commit to about 8 weeks of light activity: completing short surveys, replying to text check-ins, and keeping a parental-control app on the child's phone. The child also needs to finish two brief surveys and respond to a few text messages. This role suits families who want to contribute to research from Stanford and Bocconi on digital well-being. It is less suitable for parents outside the US, those without a child in that age range, or families where the child does not have a smartphone. Common reasons applicants get rejected include not meeting the age or phone requirement, or being unwilling to install the app for the full duration.

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