The advisory comes amid a debate over cellphone usage and its impact on youth.
In The Amazing Generation, Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price argue that the tide is turning against smart phones for young people—they are ready to break their screen addiction. The co-authors ...
For parents everywhere, the smartphone has become a necessary evil. While it’s great for communication and keeping tabs on our kids, it feels like another thing in their lives we need to manage and ...
When my oldest daughter turned 10, many of her friends were already getting phones. At the time, I was working as a middle school teacher, and I had a front-row seat to what constant screen time was ...
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 ...
Not all tech toys keep kids glued to a screen. Some are actually designed to do the opposite. If you’re a parent trying to limit screen time without starting a daily negotiation, there are smart gift ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When my kids turned 10 and got their first phones, my husband and I made them sign a contract. They're now teenagers, and that ...