For many families, the first smartphone given to kids isn’t a gift; it’s a surrender. Parents often say they know screens ...

Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help ...

Research shows that parental phone usage can negatively affect children's emotional intelligence, but it's not just emotional regulation and self-awareness that struggle in a home riddled with screen ...

The law aims to reduce classroom distractions and improve students' mental health by limiting access to social media during ...

Yes, you should be spooked. A surprising dynamic surfaced in recent Girl Scouts of the USA research. Girls aren’t just struggling with their own screen time, they’re struggling with their parents’ ...

Someone keeps texting me while I’m at work, even after I asked her to stop, and I can’t block her, because she’s my 16-year-old daughter. A note sent during school lunch was about music lessons; she ...

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 ...

Remember when your biggest worry was missing your favorite TV show, not missing a text? Times have changed, and so have the challenges facing parents. More families are deciding to hold off on giving ...

Like many parents, I’ve been cautious about giving my children access to phones. I’ve warned them about the mental health perils of social media, digital addiction, about becoming “zombies” lost in ...

They never feel seen and heard, even over the phone. Parent-child relationships are some of the longest bonds we share in life, which is why it’s not surprising that many adult children still struggle ...

Remember the days of anxiously waiting for your sibling to get off the landline so you could take your turn? Of racking up your parents' phone bill just to talk to your friend for hours about… God ...