Younger siblings also spend less time per day on ‘enrichment activities’, such as music practise or reading.

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

The first step to recovery is acceptance of this fact.

You may have stopped scrolling your feed to play with your child, but your attention may still be with your social media, not with your kid, finds a new study.

Researchers found children with highly addictive use of phones, video games or social media were two to three times as likely to have thoughts of suicide or to harm themselves.

Does your kid often neglect home responsibilities or schoolwork to play video games or scroll social media? They may be addicted. Here’s how to help them.

If your children are spending too much time on screens, it can cause emotional and behavioral problems and lead to more screen use, according to a new meta-analysis.

As Holly LaFavers was preparing to go to church, a delivery worker dropped 22 boxes of lollipops in front of her apartment building. Then she heard what no parent wants to hear.

A school-based digital wellbeing program created by the Black Dog Institute has been launched in Australia. Can it change the way teenagers use their phones?

With screens dominating family life, understanding the impact of parental screen habits on the health of the whole family can guide us in setting better boundaries.

Many parents have had toddlers melt down after taking away tablets. A new study found that tablet use may factor into a cycle of problems in emotional regulation.

Many parents worry about screen use and their children. Research shows it helps if you watch with your kids and talk about the program.

Coroner says those who find themselves in same situation as 17-year-old Rohan Cosgriff must know situation ‘will not define them’

Distraught children are being treated at emergency departments after their parents have pulled the plug on their devices, according to health and education authorities promoting the benefits of a digital detox.

Tween screen use is strongly correlated with their parents’ usage.

My day consists of staring at different sized glowing rectangles – sometimes multiple at a time. This is called living life to its fullest

New data reveals how Australian schools rank among OECD nations for the time students spend on digital devices in classrooms.

The regulator calls the data a "wake up call", and says parents and industry need to do more.

With his book “The Anxious Generation,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt calls for a revolution in how parents administer smartphones and social media to children.

In “The Anxious Generation,” Jonathan Haidt argues that the move from “play-based childhood” to “phone-based childhood” has had disastrous effects.

Young people are being targeted by criminals online, but parents, carers and friends have the power to protect their loved ones.

Jonathan Haidt’s new book, The Anxious Generation, makes the case against devices for children—even if they desperately want them.