Cellphones, video games and social media can be very addictive for children and could lead to mental health problems for the ...

Parents, children face challenges with social media and smartphones. We know now that excessive social media use increases depression and anxiety.A 2023 surgeon general advisory found that 40% of ...

It’s the social media apps on the smartphones that are the problem, much more than the smartphones themselves. This is the point in the column where I’m supposed to offer a solution, ...

But social media platforms rely on users to self-certify their age. A recent survey found that nearly 40% of children ages 8-12 use social media . Raising the minimum age of use to 16 or older ...

But with the arrival of smartphones that can — and do — go everywhere and with social media apps that teenagers now use for ...

Through his work, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt found that "a majority of parents wish social media apps didn't exist." ...

America’s young people face a mental health crisis, and adults constantly debate how much to blame phones and social media. A new round of conversation has been spurred by Jonathan Haidt’s ...

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's book "The Anxious Generation has been near the top of bestseller lists for months, stoking debate around how smartphones and social media are in his words ...

However, not all smartphone use is an unvarnished good. The researchers also found that children who said they often posted on social media were twice as likely to report sleep issues and symptoms ...

A new book has embroiled the academic community in a heated debate over whether spending time on smartphones affects young people’s mental health and, if so, how. Social psychologist Jonathan ...

Despite the fact that the most prominent social media platforms have rules prohibiting kids under 13 from creating accounts, “38 percent of tweens have used social media (up from 31 percent in ...

Social media smartphone apps seems to be in perpetual beta—thus explaining why they crash so many times right in the middle of a critical maneuver. Granted, ...