Smartphones are widely owned by children in America, with a Pew Research Center survey finding that 95% of teens ages 13-17 ...

Children and adolescents who own smartphones by age 12 have higher risks of depression, poor sleep and obesity, according to ...

Children who are given a smartphone before age 12 are at higher risk of insufficient sleep, obesity and depression, a new ...

How’s that? A study published in the journal Pediatrics this week found children under 12 who had smartphones faced a higher risk of depression, obesity, and sleep deprivation. And the younger a child ...

As part of the study, children who received their first smartphone at age 12, developed depression at a 30% higher rate, ...

The saying, “Don’t sit in front of the TV all day. It will rot your brain,” might not be the overdramatic statement as people once ...

Any parent can tell you that it’s a tumultuous time when their children reach the age of 9 or 10. At that point, a child experiences daily physical, emotional, and social changes that signal the ...