Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

Researchers say that giving a child a smartphone before this age could be dangerous - Australia has become the first country ...

Kids who own a smartphone by age 12 have higher rates of depression, obesity, and poor sleep when compared with their peers who don’t have a smartphone. That’s the conclusion of a new study published ...

Critics say phones ruin children’s attention spans and are causing a mental health crisis. But what if phones are not actually all that bad for kids? A new study from the University of South Florida ...

Xander had advice any psychologist would approve of: “Take a walk, go to the gym, go to the library, do something productive, ...

researchers shared advice for families considering a first smartphone and discussed their most recent screen time discovery.

Children who owned their smartphones fared better than kids who didn’t have one on nearly every measure of well-being, according to a recent study. Conversely, using social media negatively impacted ...

POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR THAT SHOOTER. FIVE ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. NOW, A NEWLY RELEASED STUDY FINDS THAT KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 13 WHO USE SMARTPHONES HAVE AN INCREASED RISK OF MENTAL HEALTH ...

Parents are saying "no" to smartphones for young kids. — -- Erica and Constantine Chigounis' daughter, Sophia, is in 9th grade and just turned 14. For her birthday, she was given a phone. And ...