Did you know that digital addiction in children can impact their growth and reshape their childhood? Research warns that excessive screen exposure can impair cognitive, emotional, and social ...

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg faced grieving families on Wednesday as he testified at a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. The world's biggest social media companies will feature in ...

The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...

US jury awards $6 million in damages against Meta and Google for addictive app design that harmed a young user's mental ...

Parents who want to stop children from becoming addicted to social media should crack down on internet use before the age of 12, research shows. Intervening before this age can reduce the risk of ...

The primary schooler is one of about 70 million children the government is hoping to shield from the threats of cyberbullying ...

Nearly 19 million children in the United States have at least one parent with a substance use disorder, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. And a significant number of those ...

When news broke that Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found fatally stabbed in their Los Angeles home and their 32-year-old son was arrested in connection with ...

Before COVID hit, Jillian, 68, didn't have internet access at her home — not because she couldn't get it connected, but because she was afraid of what might happen if she did. "I initially got onto ...

When we talk about the impact of addiction, the focus often lands on the person struggling with substance use. But behind closed doors, in households across Lowell, many children are quietly carrying ...