Clinical psychologist will guide development of category-leading online safety tools for families BOSTON , Aug. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aura , the all-in-one online safety solution for individuals and families, today announced the appointment of Dr. Scott Kollins as its inaugural Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
Dr. Kollins will report directly to Aura's Chief Executive Officer, Hari Ravichandran , and will partner closely with Aura's product development organization to deliver first-of-their-kind family online safety features. Online safety grows more complex every day, particularly for parents hoping to keep their children safe and help them develop healthy online habits.
Aura data shows that kids spend an aggregated 3 months of the year on devices and parents struggle with the risk-reward ratio of tech use. In fact, in June Aura collaborated with Gallup to field The State of the Youth study which found a majority of parents (54%) believe their children's usage of electronic devices has equally positive and negative effects on their children's overall mood and wellbeing. Moreover, the balance of parents split about evenly between saying it has mostly positive (21%) versus mostly negative (24%) effects.
"It's not reasonable to think that kids will stay off of devices, so Aura is focused on creating tools that help parents confidently support their connected kids as they grow, as well as provide important feedback for the children themselves about their online activity," said Ra.