The screen-time habit eye doctors want parents to notice is not only how long children watch—it is how close they hold the ...

The alarm goes off and you roll over to pick up your phone. Before you've even got out of bed, you're scrolling through social media and checking messages. Your whole day unfolds the same way. You ...

A new study linked each extra hour of daily screen time to a 21 percent greater risk of developing nearsightedness. Limiting screen time to less than one hour daily may help prevent vision problems, a ...

There’s a general consensus that too much screen time is bad for kids. But what happens when everything in modern society is done on screens? What is a concerned educator or parent to do? And how do ...

Some school districts, including Greenwich and Norwalk, have already stopped providing devices to students in early grades.

The time children and young adults spend on phones, gaming consoles and other devices could put their heart health at risk, finds a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association ...

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. By Jackie Mader This story was produced by The ...

“That’s enough screen time for today,” you tell your kid, urging them to turn off the video-game console or iPad. As for what they should do instead, you are not quite sure. And what about you? If ...

Navigating screens and children is a relatively new dilemma parents face. As smartphones, tablets and more become increasingly integral to most Americans’ daily lives, many are keen to introduce their ...

Programs have until September 2028 to comply, but schools can begin implementing the new standards immediately.