CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - 98 percent of Americans own a smartphone, according to the Pew Research Center. With technology’s high prevalence in everyday life, it’s nearly impossible to prevent young ...

The best way to know if your child is using AI chatbots "is simply to ask, directly and without judgment," said Akanksha Dadlani, a Stanford University child and adolescent psychiatry fellow.

A family sits in a crowded restaurant, and one of the parents hands their toddler a phone to play a game as the little one settles into a high chair. Mornings are a blur, so while mom takes a shower ...

Not all tech toys keep kids glued to a screen. Some are actually designed to do the opposite.

According to Internet Matters' 2024 Children's Wellbeing in a Digital World report, parental anxiety over children's screen time has reached unprecedented levels. A staggering 63% of parents now ...

Momentary well-being in children is linked to screen use, combined with interactive and shared (co-use) activities. Results of this study were published in JAMA Pediatrics. Resear ...

Screen time has long been a hot topic for parents. Many think that parenting has gotten harder over the years, with technology being a key reason why. Between the rise of AI, the staying power of ...

Nearly half of teenagers report being online nearly constantly, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. And “screen-time” is pervasive among younger children, surveys show. There’s no ...

The combination of kids and too much screen time comes with no shortage of worries: Cognitive delays, executive functioning issues, and higher rates of depression, anxiety, and insomnia are all ...