Playing video games might not be as bad for kids as our parents told us. In fact, according to a study published in 2022, playing video games might have actually increased the IQ in some children. The ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...

The U.S. Motion Picture Association helps parents limit the amount of violence and sexual content their kids see by requiring a guardian to accompany children under 17 when attending R-rated movies.

It's funny how much media coverage is devoted to anything suggesting that phones might be ruining kids—and how little coverage goes to studies suggesting the opposite. So it goes with a new report ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

Declining birth rates present a demographic challenge for nations across the globe, particularly in East Asia. A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that playing life simulation ...

Social media could be draining children of their ability to concentrate, a new study says. Children who spend a lot of time on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter or Messenger gradually ...

A boy playing a video game on a PC at home. Recent research suggests that video games might be harming boys. But debates about children and games miss the fact that not all games are the same. Parents ...