J onathan Haidt let his son walk half a mile to school by himself in fourth grade, two years before any of the boy’s ...

A new best-seller says smartphones, social media are causing a mental health crisis among kids. Here’s what it proposes. | ...

All schools can make a difference by putting in place policies which limit the damage done by smartphones, writes the ...

It’s the first thing they use in the morning and the last before falling asleep, pushing out time for homework, sports and ...

In the 21st century, American life is lived shoulders hunched, head down, eyes glued to a smartphone screen. All right, that’s an exaggeration — but not a huge one. Nine in 10 Americans own one of ...

In just a few decades, we have gone from lauding the Greatest Generation for their bravery during World World II and the ...

A surge of suffering is happening to teenagers around the world with rising rates of anxiety, depression and self harm. We changed their childhoods with smartphones says social psychologist Dr ...

What are smartphones stealing from our children? A lot, in the eyes of Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University. His book “The Anxious Generation,” published in March ...