Screen Freedom
We’re on a mission to help families navigate the digital world and build healthy relationships with it, too—we call it screen freedom.
OUR FOUNDING STORY
You weren’t trained to parent in the digital world—but your kids are growing up on screens. Families have over 500 screen fights per year. 70% of pediatricians don’t even bring up screens.
Ginko started with digital wellness pioneer Larissa May receiving desperate parent DMs at the midnight hour. “My kid won’t put their phone down— help!” “How do I know how much screen time is too much screen time?” “My kid has been spending hours on social media and I’m worried they’re depressed.”
Larissa May
Globally recognized as the face of digital wellness, Larz has shaped policy and youth-centered advocacy.
Dr. Raghu Appasani
An Integrative & Addiction Psychiatrist and Clinical Professor at UCSF and Mount Sinai
Larissa would call her best friend and leading addiction psychiatrist Dr. Raghu Appasani at all hours, triaging one family dilemma after another. Parents were drowning in the digital world.
So Larissa and Dr. Raghu decided to come together to build a Ginko: an app that serves as a compass for raising kids in the digital world, backed by clinicians.
OUR CORE PILLARS
Our tool derives solutions based on vetted, peer-reviewed clinical research combed through by our team of clinicians.
Ginko builds alongside clinicians actively seeing patients so we provide tangible strategies that meet you in real-time.
Ginko stays on-top of the latest tech trends to ensure we keep you up-to-date so you can address them proactively in your home.
Screen science guided by clinical experts
Ginko is guided by renowned child & adolescent psychiatrists, therapists, pediatricians, and researchers at the forefront of global & youth mental health and digital equity. They’re experts in the field who get it.
Vice President of Clinical
Mental Health Therapist
& Clinical Supervisor
Texas A&M University - Victoria,
Department of Counselor Education, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Clinical Advisor
Child, Adolescent, & Adult
Psychiatrist
Chair of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry’s
Public Resource Committee
Scientific Advisor
Developmental Psychologist
Assistant Professor Georgetown University
Clinical Advisor
Child, Adolescent, & Adult
Psychiatrist
Clinical Associate Professor
Brown University
Clinical Advisor
Child, Adolescent, & Adult
Addiction Psychiatrist
Private Practice
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Parents
Your family is our why. That’s why we put parents in the center of everything we do! Ginko’s Power Parents shape the Ginko app through feedback and on the ground insights. They work in their communities to educate parents on family digital wellbeing and Ginko.
We’re always looking for more parents to power Ginko. If you’re mission aligned, join us.
START YOUR JOURNEY WITH GINKO
