What do you get when you mix a birthday party, a toy setup, and a ruler? For one mom, it became the perfect chance to teach her daughter a skill many adults still struggle with: how to navigate social ...

As many parents know from experience, today’s kids spend a lot of time online. While concerns about screen time are often focused on teens—unsurprisingly, as nearly half of teen participants in a 2024 ...

Pew Research Center reports that 58% of teens use TikTok every day, including 17% who describe their TikTok use as almost constant. About half of teens use Snapchat and Instagram daily, with ...

In Australia, as this school year ended, kids under 16 also lost access to social media. Some are relieved. Some are furious.

In modern times, gone are the cheesy “men-in-tights, hands-on-hips” heroic moments, and in their place are diverse, complex ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

In striking new statistics, experts warn of social media's growing grip on young people, with use among children and teens soaring by more than 200% since before COVID and showing no sign of decline.

Parents worry about a lot of things. But one of our persistent concerns is our kids' smartphones. We justify their use by embracing their necessity. How else can we communicate about school pickups ...

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg recently ruled part of the Protecting Georgia’s Children on Social Media Act inhibits the rights of youth to engage in anonymous speech online, contrary to the First ...

Millennials came of age in a transitional time, straddling a line between the analog and digital world. Their parents were fairly protective, and emphasized academic achievement and striving for ...