Children who owned their smartphones fared better than kids who didn’t have one on nearly every measure of well-being, according to a recent study. Conversely, using social media negatively impacted ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

It's funny how much media coverage is devoted to anything suggesting that phones might be ruining kids—and how little coverage goes to studies suggesting the opposite. So it goes with a new report ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how parents of kids ages 12 and younger approach their children’s technology use and screen time. For this analysis, we surveyed 3,054 parents ...

You’re sitting at home. You’re watching TV. A commercial comes on. What do you do? Many of us reach for our phones — checking Instagram or X or Facebook or YouTube, anything to help us kill the next ...