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Podcast: Success Made to Last Legends
Episode: Discovering Truth with Julie Scelfo- founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction
Description: Julie Scelfo is a media ecologist, accomplished journalist, and most importantly a Mother of three. She founded Mothers Against Media Addiction. (MAMA) Scelfo was moved to start MAMA after reporting on the youth mental health crisis and seeing suicidality affect children at ever-younger ages, and recognizing how a multitude of factors—including screen addiction and absent regulations—has created an unhealthy, unsafe media environment.Scelfo’s stories on mental health have been leading the national conversation for decades, from her coverage of suicidality and social media on college campuses, to increasing suicidality among tweens. She created the Get Media Savvy coalition to...