Morning Rush - Video. Parents' Phone Usage Linked to Kids' Screen Habits, Study Finds. Posted: February 5, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. Recent research highlighted in the BMC Pediatrics ...

As parents, we are there to be an example for our children. This includes screen time and the devices we use to access all ...

You might not think twice about spending extended time on your phone around your children, but a new study suggests that parents’ screen-time habits are associated with children accessing more ...

A surprising new study of 1,500 pre-teens in Florida found many positive benefits to kids having cell phones. A New Study Shows Cell Phones Are a Positive Influence on Tweens And no, your 12-year ...

A study of 2,000 mums and dads found the average family spend just 36 minutes of 'quality time' together on a typical day, ...

Less Anxiety, Higher Self-Esteem. For the first part of this study, researchers surveyed 1,510 Florida kids ages 11 to 13. On almost every metric measuring well-being, smartphone-owning kids ...

A new USF study reveals that smartphone use can enhance well-being in kids, though frequent social media posting may harm mental health. Smartphones may actually have benefits for kids, teens ...

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 ...

A new study has revealed just how much time kids spend on their phones during the school day, and it lends some credence to Gov. Kathy Hochul's call for a cellphone ban .

A legislative committee is reviewing several proposals that would limit or ban personal phone usage in schools, including the so-called STUDY act, backed by Attorney General Andrea Campbell ...

Watch for signs of addiction Then, watch kids carefully to see whether these strategies are working. A key takeaway of the study is that “if we do not examine their addictive use,” Xiao said ...