Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

The earlier the age a child received a smartphone the greater the health risk. Children who have smartphones by age 12 are at higher risk of lack of sleep, obesity and depression, according to a new ...

A group of kids who attacked a Chicago mom and her 9-year-old son outside a South Side elementary school also has been terrorizing another family for months. Carolyn Sanford said the same group of ...

Danielle Gansky was 7 years old when an administrator at her upscale private girls’ school in suburban Philadelphia flagged problems with her academic performance. She was a bubbly and creative kid, ...

When you make a purchase using a link on this page, we may receive a commission. Thank you for supporting The New Yorker. In theory, buying gifts for children is a snap. If they’re old enough to talk, ...

In the United States, 12% of married couples with at least one spouse in their 30s or 40s have two incomes and no kids, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of federal data. This group, often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Landlines from companies like Tin Can allow kids to chat with their friends without all the distracting apps and pings of a ...

A series where we methodologically and obsessively try new products to tell you if they’re worth it so you don’t have to do all that work yourself. Read more reviews here. As a parent of newly minted ...

My daughter, Alice, is almost two, and quite funny. Although she can say short sentences—“I need cake!”—her humor isn’t particularly verbal. Instead, she giggles while stumbling around in grownup ...

The New York Times for Kids took its audience seriously by pursuing topics that children had questions about, from money and puberty to cake and slime. By Vivian Ewing Times Insider explains who we ...

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift just announced their engagement and naturally the internet has lost all semblance of chill and is wondering 1) when they're getting married, and 2) if they're planning to ...