States ban them in schools. At home, parents should too.

The days of flip phones that only allowed you to text and call are over, and now a study done by Secure Data Recovery says ...

Yet research suggests it’s not just a good idea for kids to put their phones away while in class — they shouldn’t bring them to school at all. Some 97% of 11- to 17-year-olds use their ...

In 1950, the heyday of outdoor free play, more Americans lived in central cities than suburbs. But as cars came to rule our ...

While it’s shocking that children would be allowed to take smartphones into school change rooms at all, I’m struck by the irony of the situation. These kids were likely given smartphones by th ...

As many kids head back to school this year to more strict cellphone bans, some of the biggest pushback against removing smartphones from classrooms comes from parents. “What if there’s a ...

A majority of students admit that they are distracted by their phones during class. Getty Images/iStockphoto America’s children are hurting. Behind in school after pandemic closures, many ...

That’s part of the reason why smartphones and social media can feel even more like drugs to kids than they do to grownups, says Mass General adolescent psychologist Stuart Ablon, who recently ...

A bit funnily, the Paris Olympics gold medalist revealed that Stefan and Tara complain that they are the only kids in school ...

Parents who used screens more had children who used screens more, and this behavior could be hindering their kids’ language development, new research shows.

As kids head back to school, many schools aren’t allowing them to bring their phones to class. Legislation to ban phones in schools has been proposed or passed in many cities and states.