Children who spent a lot of time on screens before the age of two showed changes in brain development that were later linked to slower decision-making and higher anxiety during their teenage years, ...

While the pediatric group previously recommended two hours or less of screen time a day, a decade later, the American Academy ...

Assess how screen time influences child health and explore practical steps to protect sleep, activity, mood, and learning.

New screen time guidelines for children from the American Academy of Pediatrics aim for healthy digital habits rather than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new TikTok trend has parents joking about “screen-maxing” their toddlers, a tongue-in-cheek way of pointing out just how much ...

Some screen time may be healthy for children, depending on the device and the activity, according to researchers. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Ah, screens. The thing kids won't put down, and ...

If there’s one thing every teenager and most 20-something-year-olds have heard from their parents growing up, it’s my father’s favorite phrase: “Get off of that phone!” ...

Excess screen time harms children and adolescents’ social skills, but it also affects their behavior similarly to dementia, presenting as distractibility and memory deficit. To help combat this, an ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- We spend a lot of time glued to our digital devices. Health experts say, on average, kids ages 8 to 18 years old spend about seven and a half hours a day on a screen, whether ...

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and learning, according to two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland ...

Want your child to spend less time on their phone, tablet or gaming device? Start by downsizing your own digital consumption. According to a study published in 2024, one of the strongest predictors of ...