When screen time is necessary, focus on content that encourages learning and interaction. Educational apps, games, and programs can be beneficial for children’s cognitive and language development.

Banning screens is often not an option. So Science News spoke with experts studying screen use and addiction in teens to help families navigate this complex issue.

NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — Screen time is part of modern childhood since televisions, tablets, and smartphones capture the attention of the youngest minds. Each moment of a child’s day is full of ...

There should be no phoning it in as a parent. Screen-addicted moms and dads are ruining their kids’ language development skills by typing, texting, tweeting and TikTokking, new data warns.

Prolonged screen time is causing more than just neck pain - from posture problems and sleep disruption to serious lifestyle ...

(This post was written with Mark Smyth, President Elect of Psychological Society of Ireland) A new report, covered breathlessly by Time Magazine, dramatically warns parents that screen time is ...

Excessive smartphone use linked to reduced attention span and lower academic performance. Strong correlation between screen time and increased rate ...

In addition to cognitive, social and emotional development, screen time negatively affects vision development and could be partially to blame for the rising cases of behavioral issues. Africa ...

The research, published last month and based on data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, analyzed more than 9,200 participants aged 10-11 years old and tracked their screen ...

Screen time and manic symptoms in early adolescents: prospective findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology . doi:10.1007/s00127 ...

School-age children who were born extremely preterm and engage in more than two hours of screen time per day are more likely to experience cognitive and behavioral problems, according to an NIH study.