Cell phone addiction can harm teens' mental, physical, and emotional health. Here are the signs to look for and how parents ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Excessive cell phone use has been linked to depression, poor sleep quality and difficulty focusing. It can also be a big distraction in the classroom, that's why many schools ...

Mental health experts say now may be the perfect time for parents to talk to their kids about their cell phone habits. A new cell phone ban in public school classrooms takes effect statewide. “You can ...

This is called the "methaphone," and it was designed to help curb smartphone use. (TikTok/AskCatGPT) Is that transparent “phone” you’ve spotted on TikTok legit? It may be, in the future — but at the ...

Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school.

Earlier this year, Eric Antonow was in a coffee shop with his family when he felt the familiar, twitchy urge to reach for his phone. He patted his pockets for relief—the cool, thin slab was still ...

My inbox has been inundated with reports that our kids are literally dying because of excessive cell phone use. From an editorial in the Lancet to my local radio station, the news is alarming. In many ...

It's clear that cell phones can help us to stay connected to old friends, people across the world, current trends, and our workplaces. And, most of us know, it can also cause us to feel incredibly ...

Calling it an effort to support student mental health and learning, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education directed its staff Tuesday to develop policies prohibiting students’ use ...

Keota Public Schools in Haskell County is going a step further in implementing a bell-to-bell cell phone policy required by state law. The district says older students will get locking cell phone ...

In 2004, brother and sister duo Rob and Brittany Bergquist started a small campaign to help a soldier deployed to Afghanistan. His wireless bill had ballooned to a whopping $8,000 as he tried to keep ...