Less: Fake-homeworking
An R&D Lab for the 3 p.m.–3 a.m. Hours.
We turn teen languishing into flourishing—more hours on sports, arts, paid work, homework, in-person friends, and sleep; fewer hours doomscrolling.
Less: On-bed doomscrolling
An R&D Lab for the 3 p.m.–3 a.m. Hours.
We turn teen languishing into flourishing—more hours on sports, arts, paid work, homework, in-person friends, and sleep; fewer hours doomscrolling.
More: Part Time Jobs
An R&D Lab for the 3 p.m.–3 a.m. Hours.
We turn teen languishing into flourishing—more hours on sports, arts, paid work, homework, in-person friends, and sleep; fewer hours doomscrolling.
More: Sleep!
An R&D Lab for the 3 p.m.–3 a.m. Hours.
We turn teen languishing into flourishing—more hours on sports, arts, paid work, homework, in-person friends, and sleep; fewer hours doomscrolling.
More: Pleasure Reading
An R&D Lab for the 3 p.m.–3 a.m. Hours.
We turn teen languishing into flourishing—more hours on sports, arts, paid work, homework, in-person friends, and sleep; fewer hours doomscrolling.
More: Hours Per Week of Exercise
An R&D Lab for the 3 p.m.–3 a.m. Hours.
We turn teen languishing into flourishing—more hours on sports, arts, paid work, homework, in-person friends, and sleep; fewer hours doomscrolling.
The Problem
Out-of-school hours are increasingly on screens. Anxiety and isolation are up. Teen quality of life is down. Many adults try to help, but conventional wisdom isn’t changing behavior.
Problem → Opportunity
CTF’s opportunity
We scrutinize Conventional Wisdom and do 2 things: Suggest new empirical experiments (nerdy), and get in there ourselves to test ideas with real teens (humbly disclosing what worked and what failed).
Measurement
CTF Key Metric: Hours Per Week in a Flourishing State
R&D Lab
The Puzzle: Converting teen languishing hours into flourishing hours.
Less: Endless TikTok or Discord.
Less: Fake-Homeworking, when Teen imprisons self in bedroom, accomplishing nothing.
More: Exercise, pleasure reading, part-time jobs, 8 hour sleep nights, in-person laughing with friends.
CTF Big Picture
Who We Serve
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Languishing Teens.
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Not Flourishing Teens, Not Acute Teens
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Paths to Help
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1-1, individual Teens.
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Not Fix High Schools - we cheer on our friends engaged in that work, and sometimes advise them. But CTF focus is helping individuals, not changing institutions.
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How We Measure
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Weekly Hours in a Flourishing State
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GPA, Test Scores, Mental Health Screens All Important - but Languishing Teens are often okay on these metrics. We need data on sleep, exercise, in-person time with friends, actually doing homework, volunteering....all the things that count as "Hours In A Flourishing State" to help a Languishing Teen become a Flourishing Teen.
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