New Brain Scans Show Screen Time Makes Kids Dumber
Concentrated white matter invariably results in better cognitive performance in the kids who stay off screens: they focus better, learn faster, and show greater mental flexibility and creativity.
There’s No Hard And Fast Rule About When To Let Your Child Have A Cell Phone
The horror stories don’t mean that every phone dooms every kid to disaster. Rather, they remind us that different kids handle phones differently at different ages, and all need training.
8 Ways Students’ Tech Addiction Is Ruining College
Back-to-school season is a good time to take a hard look at device addiction and plan some changes for the new school year — ghost your screens and take back your life.
7 Strategies For Creating A Successfully Low-Screen Summer For Your Family
With its carefree field of possibilities, summer is an excellent time to detox your family life of screen overuse. Here’s how to start.
Why You Should Plan A Low-Screen Summer For Your Kids
Sixty percent of American parents think their kids are addicted to screens (yet keep supplying the screens). Here’s why you should change that this summer.
Why The FTC Is Right To Go After Qualcomm For Manipulating Cell Phone Costs
No other technology company in any industry forces its customers both to pay for its product and for a separate license to the patents contained therein.
How The Chinese Government Might Use Cell Phones To Spy On Americans
By building a 5G network backed by Chinese tech, Sprint and T-Mobile could help the Chinese government spy on American communications.
Silicon Valley Execs Get Your Kids Hooked On Their Gadgets, But Not Their Kids
Social media company creators are beginning to speak out about restricting technology for children. So should the rest of us follow suit?
What Happened When I Tried To Solve My Screen Addiction By Buying A Flip-Phone
Smartphones may make our lives easier, and some may have their usage under control, but mine was destroying my attention span and ability to focus.
Naomi Schaefer Riley On Screen Time, Social Media Mobs, And Ideological Diversity
Author and journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss parenting in the world of phone screens, and other ways technology has shaken up our world.
‘Black Mirror’ Suggests Technology Is Actually More Dangerous For Parents Than For Kids
Technological tools parents even a decade ago didn’t possess are empowering us to micromanage our children all the way into adulthood and beyond.
Supreme Court To Hear Most Important Fourth Amendment Case In A Generation
Should government be able to seize your smartphone and other private digital information without a warrant and use it against you?
Why I’m Not Giving My Ten-Year-Old A Smartphone
According to Time magazine, ten years old is the average age kids receive phones nowadays. That’s ridiculous.
It’s Time To Admit That Screens Are Just Digital Pacifiers
We need to be honest about kids and their devices. They are addicted, and parents are to blame.
Apple Is Throttling Its New iPhones To Make More Money
Rather than incorporating the best innovations, Apple now resorts to intimidating its partners, while locking consumers into their products rather than earning their loyalty.
That Viral Houston Daycare Sign Is Right. Parents, Get Off Your Phones
The sign indicates that large numbers of parents were idling about on their phones all the time. If you live in twenty-first-century America you can instantly confirm this.
6 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Handing My Teens Personal Screens
Over the years I have learned a lot about monitoring my children’s screen use. If I had set up the necessary parameters early on, we could have avoided some frustrations and problems.
How Instagram And Celebrities Sell Us Homogenous Lifestyles
Smartphones have given us democratized ‘art,’ which is also marketized to a greater degree than ever before.
Cell Phones Cause Cancer, And Other Scientists’ Lies
As with journalism, scientists have a perverse incentive to warp their findings to garner more clicks, shares, and buzz.
I Went Phone-Free For A Month. It Was Purgatory
Well, maybe the hell is actually the fault of the kids and the cell phone company.
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