Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's ...

There have been cases of children allegedly taking their own lives after chatbot interactions, growing dependence on AI ...

In the Star Trek universe, the audience occasionally gets a glimpse inside schools on the planet Vulcan. Young children stand ...

Young children really struggle in the heat. Their bodies are too small to cool down by sweating, like adults. And they're wholly reliant on grown-ups to find any kind of relief, be it air conditioning ...

A new study shows that giving a child a smartphone too early could have health impacts. The study was published by The Journal of Pediatrics on Monday. It found that children who had a smartphone by ...

Valentina Fantasia receives funding from The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanity and Society (WASP-HS). She is affiliated with the Department of Philosophy and Cognitive ...

What we don't know is exactly how it impacts how children and parents relate to each other. Our group, SITE, at the Robotic lab at Lund University, is currently investigating how children understand ...

Most parents know the feeling—that quick flash of panic when a child falls, bumps a table, or wakes up with a bruise you don’t remember seeing the day before. For many families, it’s a passing worry.

A coalition of leading child-development specialists and technology-safety advocates is urging parents not to purchase AI-powered toys this holiday season, warning that the devices can undermine ...

Using a second National Institutes of Health grant awarded this year, health promotion, education, and behavior assistant professor Leila Larson will examine the factors influencing childhood ...

The latest American Family Survey tests national sentiment on technology's impacts. Tech anxiety is high even as consensus on social media, AI and smartphone use is elusive. Protecting children from ...

A common punchline is that middle children are often overlooked when compared to their oldest and youngest siblings. In the world of software-defined vehicles and rapidly advancing adjacent industries ...