Children ages 2 to 18 spend up to nine hours a day on screens. Research shows that excessive use can lead to health problems, ...

It's family dinner time, but your toddler’s eyes are glued to a tablet. The food gets cold, the conversation fades, and the only sound is the rhythmic tapping on a screen. Scenes like these have ...

Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over the last decade, concerning experts about the impact of television, tablets and smartphones on these critical years of rapid ...

New research shows that excessive screen time and insufficient sleep in childhood may already be affecting heart and ...

It’s back-to-school time, and this past summer’s hot weather may have kept you cooped up inside with air conditioning more than usual. That could lead to kids spending more time with electronics and ...

Teresa Rossignoli Palomeque does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant ...

As smartphones and tablets become increasingly embedded in daily life, a growing body of research is raising alarms about their subtle yet significant effects on young children. A new study published ...

Instead of fretting about the amount of time children spend scrolling TikTok or playing video games, parents should worry more about whether their kids seem addicted to their screens. That's the ...

James, a 23-month-old, was wearing green overalls and looked to the world to be a happy toddler. He was anything but. The fancy word for what he experienced was “dysregulation”—if something didn’t go ...