AI chatbots are designed to keep users engaged, and kids are especially vulnerable to their addictive features.

An expert explains why the developing brains of kids and teens need to be protected from engaging in daily copious smartphone ...

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Youngsters who once built things, played games, and read books are now immersed in one-dimensional, passive tidbits of ...

Many popular video games now incorporate features similar to betting and online gambling, which is significantly increasing ...

In the U.S., a bill known as the Kids Online Safety Act would make social media platforms liable for preventing their ...

Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process. Declan would never have found out his therapist was using ChatGPT had it not been ...

Concerned parents are calling for age limits to be introduced for Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots after it emerged a website was encouraging kids to take part in "dangerous stunts". Campaigners ...

The conversation at my family dinner table this week was heavier than usual. After discussing Charlie Kirk’s tragic ...

It's a memory that's permanently etched in my mind, dating back a few decades now. I perched next to someone I knew. "You know, the only people who act like that are on drugs." I ignorantly spoke, ...

Twenge, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University and the author of “10 Rules for Raising Kids in a ...

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