Since their launch in 2007, smartphones have become a pervasive part of everyday life that influences interactions between parents and children. Research indicates that while parents typically use ...

Source: spass/bigstockphoto What happens when 40 percent of a generation cannot function effectively at school? Signs are emerging that this may happen with the children who were 0 to 6 years old ...

Tots under the age of five suffer adverse effects if their moms and dads are distracted by the bings and dings of modern technology, according to a startling new study on the dangers of “technoference ...

Earlier this year, researchers at UNC’s Winston Center for Technology and Developing Minds established a new initiative to investigate how technology is “rewiring” the brains of developing youth ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Ethics and Public Policy Center fellow Clare Morell offered her perspective on the harmful effects of smart phones and other digital technologies on ...