This law will go into effect on January 1st, and under the law, kids under 16 will be limited to one hour of screentime on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — One of the big arguments for the ban on TikTok is growing evidence that social media use can be harmful to kid's mental health with the U.S. Surgeon General going as far as to ...

Children who post publicly online even occasionally are more likely than their peers to report feeling depressed and anxious and get too little sleep, according to the results of a new, large-scale ...

TikTok staffers privately raised concerns over the wildly popular app’s impact on mental health — despite the company’s public claims that it’s safe for kids and teens, according to newly unsealed ...

Two people view a video on Tik Tok in Miami on Dec. 27, 2024. In Florida, a bill that bans cellphone use in elementary and middle schools, from bell to bell, recently sailed through the state ...

The best way to protect your child from social media's negative mental health effects is to engage with them about it. Parents are increasingly aware that too much time on social media can harm kids’ ...

With five weeks of school summer holidays (that's around 25 days of weekday activities to organize), being online is a major ...

If you are reading this, you are probably using a screen. Brightly lit screens inform our day, help us interact with family and friends, and can be a foundational instrument for the work we accomplish ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. The negative mental health effects of social media on kids ...

“Social animals are smart animals,” the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explained in his 2006 book, The Happiness Hypothesis. Once humans developed technologies like writing and printing, Haidt ...

A Milwaukee mother is calling for changes in mental health laws after her daughter, Katelyn Librizzi, was arrested for ...