Jacquelyn Harverson is affiliated with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. Louise Paatsch receives funding from Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence ...

Despite wide acceptance that social media can contribute negatively to children’s social and emotional well-being, families, schools, and governments have no interest in pretending these platforms ...

LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gabb Wireless, the leading company in providing safe tech for kids, is launching Gabb Music, a new music streaming service believed to be the largest, clean music library ...

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Oct. 28 seeks to forbid companies from providing minors with access to artificial intelligence chatbot companions such as Character.ai and Replika. The ...

Nearly half of teenagers report being online nearly constantly, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. And “screen-time” is pervasive among younger children, surveys show. There’s no ...

BOUNTIFUL — Bountiful mother of four Jennifer Long says raising kids in the age of smartphones, social media and AI presents a daily challenge of balancing safety, responsibility and independence.

When wisely chosen and used well, technology has many benefits for children and adolescents. Videogames and interactive online activities can provide learning opportunities that expand a child’s world ...

Education technology—including school districts’ 1-to-1 computing initiatives—impedes students’ ability to learn and offers a ...

Andrew Bracken, a journalist at KPBS, on how how his experiences as a parent with technology led to a new podcast.

In Kristy Orem's class a pair of boys are playing with plastic cups, building a fort. Another couple is playing with toy cars ...

Meta is temporarily blocking teenagers from its AI characters across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. This global pause ...