There has been a swift buildup of lawsuits and legislation targeting social media companies and how they design their platforms for young users—and that momentum doesn’t show signs of slowing in 2025. Hundreds of school districts have sued the major ...

As many parents know from experience, today’s kids spend a lot of time online. While concerns about screen time are often focused on teens—unsurprisingly, as nearly half of teen participants in a 2024 Pew Research Center survey reported being online ...

Parents worry about a lot of things. But one of our persistent concerns is our kids' smartphones. We justify their use by embracing their necessity. How else can we communicate about school pickups and sports practices? With that comes access to various ...

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants to put a warning label on social media platforms, alerting young users of potential mental health harms. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms stating that social media ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or iPad has become a rite of passage. It also evokes a ...

At this point, the negative impacts of social media on kids, teens, and young adults (to say nothing of its impacts on society at large) are pretty well established, and some experts on the matter have urged parents to ban social media use for kids under 16.

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as Australia’s under-16 social media ban kicks in Wednesday.