Modern parents are redefining what success means for children, shifting from grades and trophies to empathy, resilience, and ...

Preteens yearn for independence — and many parents want to loosen the reins — but that requires giving them some way to check in and say, “I made it to school,” or “I’m going to Frannie’s house this ...

Long before she considered herself a computer game designer, Maria Elizabeth Cvetanoski understood the power of curiosity.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills to regulate AI in California, especially for children. Other bills look to ...

New laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aim to make the artificial intelligence and social media landscape in California safer, especially for minors. Senate Bill 243, sponsored by state Sen. Steve ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill Monday that would have restricted children’s access to AI chatbots while signing another that places guardrails on how chatbots interact with kids and ...

A majority of parents of kids ages 11 to 12 said their child has a smartphone, a Pew Research Center survey published October 8 found. However, many experts, myself included, recommend holding off on ...

• Digital interventions may have small, short-term beneficial effects on fat mass, but their effects on other outcomes are unclear. • No studies reported on the safety of interventions. • Future ...

California made history Wednesday by enacting the first law in the United States to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, from what’s projected to be over 1 billion meals ...

Walk into nearly any American school this fall and you’ll see a striking trend: phones are gone. Locked pouches. Classroom baskets. Outright bans. Three out of four U.S. public schools now prohibit ...

Thinking about science and technology in terms of return on investment misses the point. Here’s what kids really need to know ...