Doctors warn about the potential long-term developmental effects of excessive screen time on children.

The question about screen time is what the screen asks the child to do. Whether it helps depends on who supplies the thinking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos, National Health Communications Director, discusses the surgeon general's advisory urging parents to set ...

Cutting late-night screen time can improve sleep, boost mood, and sharpen memory with just a small routine change.

Beyond the physical, there is concern about the effects of screen time on functions like attention, language learning and emotional regulation. A review of 102 studies conducted in children under 3 ...

There’s a general consensus that too much screen time is bad for kids. But what happens when everything in modern society is done on screens? What is a concerned educator or parent to do? And how do ...

The digitalization of modern society has introduced complex sociological challenges for children and adolescents by altering the structure of their daily lives and social interactions. These changes ...

A teen's mental health, as well as their body mass index (BMI) and screen time, is significantly associated with sleep quality, according to a new paper published in PLOS One by Jianying Li of Shanxi ...

The rise of digital tools in the 21st century has significantly increased screen exposure among toddlers, raising concerns about its impact on their overall psychological development. Since ...

Spending more time on screens increases the likelihood that 9- and 10-year-olds will develop symptoms of mental illness, according to a study by UC San Francisco that is one of the first long-term ...

The effects of adult use of electronic devices on health need further research. We can however be assured that adults frequently stare at screens like those on our cellphones, TVs, laptops, etc. We ...

Screens dominate much of the modern world, and there are ongoing debates, among experts and parents alike, about whether young children should be exposed to them. So what exactly is the real impact of ...