Across kitchen tables and school parking lots, parents are quietly waging one of today's most emotional family debates: ...

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 ...

A new study in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, published on July 20, surveyed nearly 2 million people in 163 countries about smartphone use in kids before age 13. The comprehensive ...

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 ...

Illustration with pink locker showing contents depicting concept of cell phone ban. At Bullard High School in Fresno, California, it’s easy to see the benefits of banning students’ cellphones.

I have a love-hate relationship with my kids' smartphones. So I was relieved when I saw that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed legislation that bans cell phones in public schools. School starts ...

Monterey Bay moms lead effort to delay smartphones for kids ...

Bullard, which began restricting phones two years ago, is a step ahead of other schools around the state that have moved recently to prohibit cellphones in classrooms, CalMatters reports. Bullard and ...