A sensitive period for social learning coincides with the age at which many children use social media and encounter ...

Modern life is digital. Adults need to help young people navigate the costs and benefits, not launch bans and hope for the best.

A study cited in India's Economic Survey highlights the link between poor lifestyle choices like consuming junk food, lack of exercise, and social media overuse, and declining mental well-being. It ...

People who rarely consume ultra-processed or packaged junk food have better mental well-being than those who regularly do so, ...

The Survey expresses concern about the low levels of mental well-being and underlines the negative economic ramifications of ...

First, TikTok leadership knows how bad its product is for American kids. One internal report noted that “compulsive usage correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of ...

Mental well-being encompasses all our mental-emotional, social, cognitive, and physical capabilities. This can also be ...

A growing concern surrounding smartphones and their effects on academics and student mental health has led to phone-free ...

Some 33% of eighth graders in the U.S. have ‘below basic’ reading levels. Some researchers say it’s time to reconsider the ...

Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness delves into the profound impact of smartphones and social media on today’s youth.