Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their digital world.
A majority of parents — 70 percent — are concerned about their children developing hearing damage from listening to music players, tablets and smartphones, according to a new national poll released this week. Read the article here.
While teens are using social networking platforms, they are exposed to marketing from food brands. Read the article here.
Depending on where they live, millennial parents would consider a range of high-tech treatments for the health and wellness of their children. Read the article here.
An Ohio lawmaker has drafted a new resolution that could declare pornography a public health hazard. House Resolution 180 also links viewing pornography to violence against women. Read the article here.
A new study is warning parents that all that screen time may be behind a stunning rise in children who need prescription glasses. Read the article here.
Four out of five teenagers with mobile devices keep them in their rooms overnight — and nearly a third of those bring them into their beds while sleeping — according a study Wednesday that offered new evidence that mobile devices undermine the rest necessary for peak health. Read the article here.
Up to a third of young men now experience erectile dysfunction. Some are turning to extreme measures such as penile implants – but is kicking their pornography habit the only solution? Read the article here.
In thousands of schools across the country, students are strapping on heart monitors and being judged by the rate of their pulse. Read the article here.
Teenagers bent over cell phones, laptops and tablets are setting themselves up for years of pain. Read the article here.