Identifying and responding to threats is a big part of growing up.

It turns out we are just hard-wired to love socializing. Now we just have to learn how to do it healthily.

It's time to re-think "screen time."

Demands for improving online safety continue to capture headlines, often for the worst reasons.. While this outcry has signaled renewed interest in “stamping out” cyber-bullying and reinvigorated health and well-being protocols for young people, interventions continue to fall behind the 

Teens with a phone ‘addiction‘ are markedly unhappier, concludes a new study led by Jean M. Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University. Twenge’s team explored data from a longitudinal study that asked American eighth-, 10th-, and 12th-graders questions about 

An online footprint doesn’t have to be a liability. Rather than just teaching children about Internet safety and reducing their digital footprint, we should also encourage them to curate a positive digital footprint which will be an asset for them 

The right apps for young kids can be a learning experience; the wrong ones can frustrate development. They walked into my clinic, husband and wife, in silence. Looking at their stressed faces one could instantly tell they had a strained 

As kids spend more time with screen-based devices, there is a common perception that technology is taking over their lives, to the detriment and exclusion of other activities. However, new Oxford University research has revealed that despite the intrusion of 

As we’ve written about recently, one of the best ways children learn from screen time to ensure it has a real-world connection and application. If your child is teaching herself Mandarin by watching instructional videos, that real-world application and learning 

Tablet and phone use is on the rise among children of all ages, making digital media consumption — screen time — one of the most pressing parenting concerns of this generation. Creators of kids’ apps, games, videos and platforms know 

If there is one thing that is certain, it is that digital media is now a fundamental part of life. It’s as unreasonable to expect kids (or parents on behalf of kids) to eschew digital pastimes – TV and web 

Over the weekend, The Swaddle, in partnership with Godrej Culture Lab, hosted the Children’s Media Festival in Mumbai. A panel discussion about what makes kids’ shows and games educational or merely entertainment kicked off the following day’s line-up of featured 

In To Siri, With Love, a collection of essays about the author’s son, Gus, who has autism, Judith Newman recognizes that the many conversations Gus has with an endlessly patient, non-judgmental and informative Siri, as well as his other use of 

You’ve probably heard by now: Screen time is bad for babies and toddlers. But what does screen time actually do to children? What are the long-term effects of screen time on child development? Below, I’ll take you through the research 

When experts talk about screen time, they often focus on the significant developmental impairment too much of it can wreak on small children. But adolescents, who have more control over how they use their time, often are unconcerned with consequences; 

It’s all about how the game makes players navigate. Public discourse is starting to move beyond the claim that violent video games cause violence in real life, thanks in large part to a statement the American Psychological Association’s Division 46 

If a few concerned parents have their way, Colorado will be among the first US states to ban the sale of smartphones for use by children under the age of 13. After witnessing what he called a “dramatic, very violent 

Over the past two decades, emotional intelligence – often shortened to EQ or EI – has become a not-so-secret elixir of success. It is credited with building brain circuitry and increasing academic and professional performance, health, relationship satisfaction and personal