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The benefits of getting outside are backed by research. A 2025 study from U.C. San Francisco found that social media use predicted depressive symptoms in tweens. Meanwhile, the American Academy of ...

We face a simple choice: algorithm or art. One isolates. The other inspires. One extracts attention. The other expands minds.

The law doesn't apply to Ohio's private schools, but some have already restricted cell phone use. At Stark County Catholic ...

The Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt recommends parents follow these four guidelines to curb smartphone use.

The acceptance of smartphones in schools has fueled cyberbullying, conflict among students, and had a cumulative, enduring, ...

The acceptance of smartphones in schools has fueled cyberbullying, conflict among students, and had a cumulative, enduring, and deleterious effect on adolescents’ abilities to focus and apply ...

TikTokers coined the "Gen Z stare" to refer to the vacant look some young people give in social situations and workplace ...

Research shows removing phones from the classroom helps improve academic performance. It also has near-unanimous support, ...

Florida House Bill 1105, which bans cell phone use in elementary and middle schools for the entire school day, went into effect on July 1.

Many parents stress about how to raise children who have a healthy relationship with technology, and thankfully child-safety ...