(CNN) — Sara Zaske's daughter, Sophia, rarely showed much interest in having her own cell phone -- that is, until they moved back to the United States from Germany. About six years ago, when Sophia ...

YORK, Pa. — A recent study from the American Academy of Pediatrics found that smartphone ownership in kids was associated with depression, obesity and insufficient sleep. This raises a question for ...

Your child’s first step into the digital world is a big one, and there’s more to it than simply handing them a device and ...

Kara Alaimo is a 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 Take It Back” was published ...

Planning on giving your child their first smartphone? On average, parents in Louisiana give their children their first cellphones before they reach 10 years old, and in New Jersey, parents wait until ...

A wave of new studies is shedding light on the risks of early smartphone access and heavy screen use for adolescent mental ...

While many have embraced technology as adults, there's still widespread debate about how to introduce kids to it without putting them at risk for developing mental health problems like addiction or ...

The Anxious Generation authors Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price shared more about why they're so passionate about ...

The author of a new book aimed at helping kids get off their phones explains how to use the holidays to reset your family’s ...

Does your child or teen's school have a new phone policy starting this year? Some schools now ask students to put phones away “bell-to-bell,” from the start of classes through dismissal. Others use ...