New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

It’s 9:08 p.m., and you’re in the hallway again. Your 11-year-old is asking for “just 10 more minutes” to finish their YouTube video. You glance at the clock, doing the math on how many hours of sleep ...

Children exposed to excessive IT device usage before the age of two show changes in brain development, including slower decision-making and heightened anxiety during adolescence, according to a study.

Using electronic devices to distract and calm noisy, restless babies used to be a great idea, or so parents thought.

Furthermore, the fast-paced nature of many screen-based activities can lead to shorter attention spans. As children become accustomed to rapid visual and auditory stimuli, they may struggle to focus ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the ...

As a growing number of schools ban phones because of concerns about how they could affect mental health, a new study warns ...

School’s out. Teens are bored. And the siren call of social media and video games beckons. Parents and caregivers bungling through new summer routines, or lack thereof, have long sought to balance the ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- We spend a lot of time glued to our digital devices. Health experts say, on average, kids ages 8 to 18 years old spend about seven and a half hours a day on a screen, whether ...

Emily Cherkin’s daughter started having almost daily headaches more than a year ago at age 12. Cherkin took her daughter to the pediatrician and eye doctor, but the problem persisted. Frustrated and ...