When researchers last year tracked the smartphones of 200 volunteers ages 11 to 17, they found teens weren’t just mindless screen zombies. In fact, they used all sorts of strategies to try to ...

Allowing very young children to access televisions and other screens could lead to sensory challenges for them later in childhood, according to a new study from Drexel University in Pennsylvania. The ...

Screen time has been a hot-button topic for parents for decades and particularly over the past few years. The rise of personal devices like tablets, phones and smart watches, along with the use of ...

Ask a parent today what they worry about, and many will mention screen time. Teens can’t put down their phones, TikTok becomes pervasive by sixth grade, and is my kid really doing homework on their ...

The pandemic led to a rapid rise in screen time among kids while the vast majority of them engaged in full-time remote or hybrid learning. But as COVID-19 restrictions lifted and students returned to ...

As the almost-too-catchy theme song to Disney Channel favorite "Phineas and Ferb" goes, there are 104 days (ish) of summer vacation, and the problem is finding a good way to spend them. As schools ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how parents of kids ages 12 and younger approach their children’s technology use and screen time. For this analysis, we surveyed 3,054 parents ...

A new report has found that nine in 10 parents argue with their kids over technology use — half said the topic comes up at least weekly.

From captivating kids’ shows on tablets to educational games on smartphones, screens offer a seemingly endless source of entertainment and information. While these technologies hold immense potential, ...

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

During school breaks and holidays, children tend to increase their recreational screen time. As parents, we tend to worry, but do we need to? We asked UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals’ Jason Nagata, ...