State and federal lawmakers are trying to create regulations to protect kids from potential harms from social media use. It’s not easy to find balance. April 22, 2024 ...

Interview between George Stoddard, dean of the School of Education at New York University, and Ms Napier (United Nations Information Centres), one of the experts assembled for a UNESCO meeting to ...

There's now a consensus about media violence and the link to aggression in children. ... “I think there’s a perception partly driven by the mass media that the field is divided,” said Bushman.

FIU scientists investigating the effects of hurricanes and other natural disasters on children’s brain development previously found that increased exposure to media coverage of disasters led kids to ...

In 2018, American children have been exposed to multiple disasters -- ravaging wildfires in California, to major Hurricanes in Florida and the Carolinas, and mass shootings in schools and places ...

With recent worry about mass shootings and gun violence in the U.S., one of the questions that always comes up is whether violent media promotes violent or aggressive behavior.

Senators emerged unified from a Tuesday hearing about the ways social media affects children and teenagers, pledging to tackle the issue in a divided Congress. Members of the Senate Judiciary ...

Mass. General for Children's Dr. Scott Hadland talks to NewsCenter 5 about the frequent cellphone use in children and what parents can do to help keep it from being too much.

Parent of two children Sarah Marcus, left, Northampton High School teacher Sue Sullivan, center, and parent of two children Emily Boddy, right, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Northampton.

But opponents say it blatantly violates the First Amendment and that it should left to parents, not the government, to monitor children’s social media use. “This isn’t 1850.

Federal judges in three states have blocked children’s privacy and parental ... Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Tech Lawsuits Stymie Laws On Kids and Social Media. Order ...

Our children can handle mass shootings. And that’s a shame A child is carried as mourners take part in a vigil on Jan. 23 for the victims of the mass shooting in Monterey Park.