Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to the classroom.

What does a beauty queen have to do with school attendance? At one Maryland middle school, quite a bit. Deborah Dennie, the principal of the 1,000-student Leonardtown Middle School in Leonardtown, Md.

A mom and science writer offers an operating manual for parents grappling with kids' screen use and cravings for sweets.

Here’s what the research says and what it could mean for families trying to support language development when screens are part of everyday life.

There’s a growing trend among both states and school districts to outline their vision of what, exactly, a successful high school graduate looks like. These so-called “portrait of a graduate” ...

In Raymond Elementary School’s pre-kindergarten classroom, boys and girls huddled together on a rug with their teacher to learn a foundational skill for reading and spelling: how to pull apart and put ...

PBS Kids is celebrating the 250th anniversary of America in a big way. The network will be unveiling several new shows, shorts and games from May to July, TheWrap has exclusively learned, starting ...

March 6 - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab YouTube ...

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.