Recent research highlighted in the BMC Pediatrics Journal suggests a significant correlation between the screen time of parents and their children, specifically tweens aged 12-13. Analyzing data from ...

A recent study from the University of California, San Francisco, indicates that pre-teens with greater exposure to certain types of tech use could be at a higher risk of developing manic symptoms.

If you’re one of those parents who doesn’t want their kid to get a cell phone until they’re 30, you might want to reconsider. For as much doom-and-gloom as we’ve heard about kids and cell phone usage, ...

The earlier the age a child received a smartphone the greater the health risk. Children who have smartphones by age 12 are at higher risk of lack of sleep, obesity and depression, according to a new ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

Researchers found smartphones may boost kids' mental health, social ties Kids with phones reported higher self-esteem, fewer feelings of depression Study suggests it's not screen time, but how kids ...

You’re sitting at home. You’re watching TV. A commercial comes on. What do you do? Many of us reach for our phones — checking Instagram or X or Facebook or YouTube, anything to help us kill the next ...

It's funny how much media coverage is devoted to anything suggesting that phones might be ruining kids—and how little coverage goes to studies suggesting the opposite. So it goes with a new report ...