Social media, video game, and smartphone use in kids and teens has risen, and there’s a growing chorus of concerns about screen time’s link to mental health concerns. It's prompted legislation ...

If you or someone you know is in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline via call, text or chat. A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to ...

Experts say kids can have screen addiction and even withdrawal symptoms. The good news is they can combat it fairly quickly. At this point, discussing the relationship kids and teens have with screens ...

School’s out. Teens are bored. And the siren call of social media and video games beckons. Parents and caregivers bungling through new summer routines, or lack thereof, have long sought to balance the ...

A new study found that pre-sleep screen time usage, more weekend screen time, using a phone as an alarm, and video game addiction were common factors associated with later sleep patterns, poor sleep ...

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