Young children are acting out more often in the classroom since the pandemic, teachers say. Schools, districts and ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — School had been in session at Lead Elementary for less than an hour, but already Andrea Quinn had paused ...

Study tracks pre-teens for one year: addiction-like screen behaviors at age 11-12 associated with depression, suicide risk, sleep problems.

Researchers have correlated brain and behavioral changes in kids to increased time on phones and other screen devices.

New research in Brain & Behavior has found a link between screen time and adolescents' sleep quality and beliefs about healthy lifestyles. In the study of 700 teens attending two high schools in the ...

We held out for 3½ years. But disaster loomed: a long-distance trip with dozens of hours in cramped vehicles and no way out. So we discarded all the advice heaped on parents about the dangers of ...

There is no magic number when it comes to kids and screen time. No answer for what hour limits will ensure children have a healthy relationship with media. No single parental control that will create ...

Two days after settling a lawsuit accusing Snapchat of causing social media addiction and mental health issues, Snap announced that it’s introducing new parental controls. Parents and guardians can ...

After school, New Jersey fifth graders Joy Wyatt and Emerson Kari head to their local library to study. What they don't bring with them are smartphones. Joy does not have a phone and says she does not ...

Our digital ecosystem is trash. It is low quality and intentionally designed around maximizing user engagement, luring you in for hours on end so that it can push the maximum number of ads in your ...

Along the bell curve of self-control, I sit somewhere in that far left quadrant. When attempting to change my own behavior, I’m a notoriously lenient boss, always willing to cut myself a little slack.

Are your parents addicted to their phone? In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel explores how technology is affecting an older generation of adults. Instead of a phone-based childhood, Warzel ...