Smartphones and tablets may help calm down a preschooler short term but could reduce opportunities to practice emotional coping skills, a study suggests.

New research shows that traditional print books foster more quality engagement and interaction between parents than digital books.

The results fill in a knowledge gap about how patients recover from the disease.

Report finds children are often consuming pervasive and inappropriate advertising, violence and other questionable content while watching online videos.

Nearly three fourths of parents misreported preschoolers’ mobile technology use; some children ages 3-5 engaged with apps intended for teens and adults. 

Screen time can be at odds with the benefits of traditional playtime for both kids, and the parent-child relationship.

Technology’s impact on children: How can we improve the research? Michigan child development researcher leads session at Pediatric Academic Societies meeting.

New research finds that parents and children talk and interact less with electronic books compared to print books.

Learn more about a new study that examines the association between digital technology interruptions to parent-child time and greater child behavior problems.

Past research has shown that very young kids gain no educational benefit from handheld devices. A new study finds they might even hinder development.

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