On Friday afternoons, shortly before the school bus arrives, my mom comes to my house. She ambles into my kitchen to make a cup of tea, and after a few minutes my preteen son runs through the back ...

On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss a new law in Australia barring kids under 16 from ...

AI-generated videos for kids are popping up everywhere, and many include confusing or inaccurate information. These videos can look fun and harmless but may teach your child things that aren’t true or ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...

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 ...

Whenever a new technology comes along that creates a revolutionarily new means of communication, the young glom onto it and their elders, or a highly vocal group of them, believe it is leading to the ...