Tag: Screen time
On nights your teen scrolls past 10 p.m., bedtime slips 64 minutes later
The familiar pull of a late-night screen does something to young brains that researchers can now measure down to the minute.
Stanford tested 14 social media warning labels on teens: one topic scored highest
The researchers tested six health harms in two phrasings each, and the gap between the top message and the bottom was wider than you might expect.
Giving your child a smartphone may raise their eating disorder risk
New research suggests the age a child gets their first phone may matter more than most parents realize.
Spending this much time on social media may double your depression risk
Most teens are already past the daily threshold linked to doubled depression risk.
Kids who spent more time on screens showed sharper thinking as teens, 8-year Finnish study finds
A longitudinal Finnish study links more childhood screen time to sharper thinking in adolescence.
Screens before bed are delaying your sleep by hours: Here is the Harvard research behind it
Screens after dark suppress melatonin, shifting your body clock and delaying the sleep you need.