Schools that banned cell phones through lockable pouches succeeded in limiting how often kids used their phones, but test scores didn’t improve, a new national study found. The study, a working paper ...

Health Foundation of East Texas uses the latest research to help parents navigate the inevitable question from their child: “Can I have a smartphone?” More than half of kids now have a smartphone by ...

Amid growing concern over phone use among Massachusetts teenagers, students say adults need to look beyond devices and ...

University of Pennsylvania researcher Ran Barzilay is a father of three. His first two children received cellphones before they turned 12. But this summer, as early results from his own study on ...

Counting minutes is a poor way to curb phone habits. Real antidotes, experts say, include mindful parenting, curated content ...

Supporters of the proposal to restrict cell phone use by students say it would improve learning, mental health, and social ...

When my kids turned 10 and got their first phones, my husband and I made them sign a contract. They're now teenagers, and that contract still works. The agreement was simple: the phone doesn't belong ...

SALT LAKE CITY — In recent years, words like "skibidi," "tradwife" and "rizz" have made their way into the modern vocabulary. Alongside them are more serious terms that come from a tech-reliant ...

You may underestimate how frequently you look at your device, and you may be paying a price with more attention and memory lapses. For many of us, checking our phones has probably become an ...