Social media platforms are everywhere, and most children and teens have access. Many indicators suggest social media use can ...

Throughout this series, we've explored how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping childhood, examined how it might undermine creativity and critical thinking in schools, and looked at the essential ...

Once upon a time, children fought for control of the remote to the sole family television. Now the choice of screen-based content available to kids seems endless. There are computers, tablets, phones ...

Imagine growing up as a child in this brave new digital society where video calls with loved ones, online homework assignments, gaming, or social media have all been normalized and expected to stay ...

— Products are chosen independently by our editors. Purchases made through our links may earn us a commission. There comes a day that every parent dreads. No, not the birds and the bees talk; the day ...

It’s a common scene on public transport. A parent holds a mobile phone showing noisy cartoons to their young child. The pair ...

Smartphones, social media and secret chat apps helped fuel an unimaginable internet flood of sexually explicit images of children, with more than 60 million such photos, videos and files reported ...

A classroom at MPS's Maryland Avenue Montessori on the first day of the 23-24 school year. As students get ready for the new school year, it may be time to check in on their social media and ...

Jacquelyn Harverson is affiliated with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. Louise Paatsch receives funding from Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence ...