With the rise of digital education, more families are turning to online academies as a flexible and convenient option. However, while this approach offers many benefits, it also comes with the ...

The study found that kids who use social media are falling behind in reading and memory skills. The study was conducted at the University of California, San Francisco, and focused ...

In great news for parents everywhere, a new study indicates that kids these days still have normal social skills despite smartphones and tablets. One of the key criticisms of screen time for children ...

Help them overcome shyness when they’re small by giving them plenty of opportunities to play with other kids. Show them the social skills they’ll need by being helpful and sharing things, and ...

There are many lessons we've learned in life that's come directly from our parents. Things like how to manage money, setting boundaries with people, and learning when to walk away from things that don ...

Many parents will find this scenario familiar: Tomer Ullman, a parent and a cognitive scientist at Harvard University, told his then five-year-old to put down a tablet. But instead of putting it away ...

Lockdowns. Social distancing. Shuttered schools and businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic and its sweeping disruptions set off a stampede of "what it's doing to us" research, focused largely on ...

Kristin R. Laurens received funding for this research from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Emma Carpendale received an Australian ...