It might finally be time to set those parental controls. New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your kid the latest memes — it may actually be messing with their brainpower. The ...

As a parent, I know how easy it is to use screen time as a way to keep my kid busy — whether it’s TV, learning apps or FaceTime with family, it may buy me a few minutes. I’m not alone: A new study ...

Kids can’t “Just Say No” to the high of WiFi. The bewitching buzz of being online — be it via an iPad, cellphone or computer — is like a narcotic to Gen Alpha kiddos. Now, parents fear their ...

Study of 2.8 million children links screen time to poorer development outcomes ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

Screens have become ubiquitous in our daily lives - which means they've also become part of children's lives too. So what effect does this have on children's developing brains, especially critical ...

A new study from Finland found that children who have a higher amount of screen-time consumption were associated with better cognitive processing in their adolescence—offering another perspective on ...

Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to harm themselves. By Ellen Barry As ...

We introduce a paper presented at the international conference Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2026), held in Brighton, ...

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 ...