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Schools Banned Phones, So Why Aren't Kids Thriving?
Pamela Cantor, M.D. talks to Yahoo!’s Robin Raven about why school phone bans only answer half the question, and what parents can add back at home to feed a child's brain.
October 2026
Trauma Dumping Is What Friendship Is For
Pamela Cantor, M.D. writes about why young people take their hardest nights to a chatbot instead of their friends, and why the belief that their pain is a burden has the biology backwards. Via Substack.
August 2026
A Case of the Stupids
Pamela Cantor, M.D., explains what fear does to thinking, from a sugarcane field study to the brain’s energy budget, and why it isn’t a verdict on you.
August 2026
The Feeling Has a Name
Pamela Cantor, M.D. writes about what the World Cup revealed about belonging — and why the feeling it created was never really about soccer. Via Substack.
July 2026
The Relationship You Can Prescribe
Pamela Cantor, M.D. writes about what she saw at Big Brothers Big Sisters and the science of why an assigned mentor can change the direction of a young person's life. Via Substack.
July 2026
We Took the Phones but Forgot the Kids
On Substack, Pamela Cantor, M.D. writes about why school phone bans change what kids do but not who they become.
June 2026
Why Putting Phones Down Isn’t Enough
Dr. Cantor on the HOPE study, the energy budget of the brain, and the biology everyone is missing in the screen debate. From Substack.
February 2026
Forbes and New York Social Diary Quote Pamela Cantor, M.D. from Hope for Depression Luncheon
Pamela Cantor, M.D., delivered the keynote at the 18th Annual Hope for Depression Luncheon, highlighting resilience, relationships, and the power of agency. The event was reported on by New York Social Diary.