Big tech doesn’t always come in big packages. Some of the best gift ideas are small enough to fit perfectly in a Christmas ...

As I watched my sons, Wavhudi and Rivhavhudi, play games on my phone before bedtime, I was captivated by their enthusiasm and how deeply they were engaged – especially when the games involved maths or ...

Raise your hand if you’re overwhelmed by all the technology your kids have access to and worried about what it might be doing to them. If your hand is up, you’re certainly not alone. Last month, the U ...

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 ...

People feel forced into binary camps of “ban tech” and “don’t ban tech.” But there is a way to reset the conversation that could help parents, educators and kids themselves make better choices about ...

A few weeks ago, a parent who lives in Texas asked me how much my kids were using screens to do schoolwork in their classrooms. She wasn’t talking about personal devices. (Smartwatches and smartphones ...

Nearly half of teenagers report being online nearly constantly, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. And “screen-time” is pervasive among younger children, surveys show. There’s no ...

In the last decade or so, media itself has become obsessed with the condemnation of technology and social media. A quick Google search yields dozens upon dozens of articles lamenting society’s ...

At Nemours Children's Health, Scott Shaw helps the health system's young patients play games. He's doing a lot more than just letting them have fun. Health IT isn't all fun and games. Until it is.

"Oh the adventure..." Silhouettes of three children jumping on a trampoline by Lauren Manning, used with permission under CC-BY 2.0 DEED. A technology company recently released a “fitness watch” aimed ...

Silicon Valley parents can see firsthand, either through living or working in the Bay Area, that technology is potentially harmful to kids.