Walk into nearly any American school this fall and you’ll see a striking trend: phones are gone. Locked pouches. Classroom baskets. Outright bans. Three out of four U.S. public schools now prohibit ...

The internet is still a minefield for kids, and parents feel outmatched. A growing movement of advocates say they have better ...

Research links kids' use of social media with depression and anxiety. A lot of content online isn't appropriate for kids, and there's not much keeping them from accessing it.

Hardie is one of a growing number of parents around the country turning to landlines for their kids. Tin Can, a company launched last year that offers landline-style phones aimed at children, now has ...

Kids' time spent staring at screens isn't an isolated issue — it's a whole family one, according to Dr. Libby Milkovich. At Dozer, kids put down the screens to play in the sand. A Children’s Mercy ...

Melania Trump launched "Fostering the Future Together" at the U.N., a global coalition to promote children’s safety, ...

Today's children are surrounded by technology that previous generations could barely imagine. Smartphones, tablets, and connected devices have become as commonplace in nurseries as traditional toys.

Sam Altman says it's dopamine-drip social feeds, not AI, that's rewiring kids' minds. The OpenAI chief said kids will do fine in the age of AI as compared to their parents. "When there's new ...

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — Missouri schools are beginning their second week of classes, and many students are banned from using their phones. While they navigate this new normal, it's important your kids ...

Nearly half of teenagers report being online nearly constantly, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. And “screen-time” is pervasive among younger children, surveys show. There’s no ...

Seventeen children have died so far in 2025 after being left inside hot cars, including a 3-year-old boy from Alabama and an infant from Nebraska in July, according to the national advocacy group Kids ...