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WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Benjamin Perks, Head of Campaigns and Advocacy for UNICEF, about the impact the pandemic has had on children's mental health worldwide.
Moving homes can impact children differently, with strategies like maintaining routines and offering choices helping to ease the transition, according to psychologist Dr. Amanda Morris.
41 states sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook are addictive, harm kids. The action marks the most sprawling state challenge to date over social media’s impact on the mental health of children ...
Pope Leo XIV sounded the alarm this week over artificial intelligence (AI)’s potential impact on young people’s intellectual and neurological development, building upon one of the main focuses ...
European Union regulators on Thursday opened investigations into the American tech giant Meta for the potentially addictive effects Instagram and Facebook have on children, an action with far ...
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday apologized to families at a US Senate hearing about the impact that social media has on children.
SAN ANTONIO – Researchers at the University of South Carolina found that having siblings had a positive impact on children, and the increased use of electronics at an age earlier than 3 years ...
Studies throughout the years have focused on children's experiences during divorce and the effects on development (Elam et al., 2016; Jackson et al., 2016; Wallerstein et al., 2013; Warshak, 2020 ...
The EU said on Thursday it had opened an investigation into the social media giant over concerns that Meta's platforms are creating "rabbit-hole" effects and fueling harmful addiction among children.
Meta disputed findings released in four studies in academic journals examining Facebook and Instagram's impact on the 2020 election. NPR talks to UT-Austin professor Talia Stroud, a study co-author.