The days of washing your kid’s mouth out with soap because they said a curse word appear to be on the wane—at least according to the results of a new national poll, which indicates most are pretty ...

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker face off in one of Lego's new Smart Play sets (Nathan Ingraham for Engadget) Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital ...

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 ...

In context: Child behavior experts have long warned about the harmful effects of excessive screen time and have urged parents to limit their children's smartphone use. Now, parents in California are ...

At what age should a kid ideally get a smartwatch? In China, parents are buying them for children as young as 5. Adults want to be able to call their kids and track their location down to a specific ...

Colorful straw crafts for garden and kids. DIY creative ideas. FBI and DOJ teams raid Southeast Asia scam centers with Strike Force Border Patrol commander touts dozens of North Carolina arrests, ...

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Oct. 28 seeks to forbid companies from providing minors with access to artificial intelligence chatbot companions such as Character.ai and Replika. The ...

Children are naturally curious, which means they're bound to get their hands on or into things they probably shouldn't, maybe even a little too early. A lot of that has to do with popular goings-on, ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Perpetrators are using artificial intelligence to prey on their victims’ vulnerabilities, especially kids. “They’ll spend time grooming them, getting to know them, asking ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Journalist, analyst, author, podcaster. 62% of children younger than two now watch YouTube, at least occasionally. That’s sharply ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how parents of kids ages 12 and younger approach their children’s technology use and screen time. For this analysis, we surveyed 3,054 parents ...

Kids can finally communicate just like you did "back in your day." By Danielle Directo-Meston E-Commerce Editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our ...