Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help suggest ways kids not use phones at school.

Despite that, many are keen to pinpoint social media as driving the mental health crisis in young people. National surveys ...

Addiction to social media is on the rise amongst young people. And determining whether your child is addicted to social media ...

One Gen Z woman took an extended break from social media for three years while she was in college, and while she found it beneficial, she also picked up on some disadvantages of living without the ...

The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment—and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD ...

If something is bad for you, you should quit it, right? Most people would agree with that statement, and for good reason. What we’re conventionally taught is that we need to get as far away as ...

After the country barred children under 16 from using social media, many parents have been asking whether similarly tough ...

Problematic social media use (PSMU) shares many features of other behavioral addictions. PSMU was recently reviewed in the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine by National ...

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In the wake of a teaching assistant's fatal stabbing by a 14-year-old student, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in June that he'll move to ban social media access for children under 15 "in ...

It’s never been more exhausting to be online than in 2024. While it’s been clear for some time that monetization has shifted social media into a different beast, this year in particular felt like a ...