While that message has been spread on social media, researchers are just beginning to understand how the devices affect the ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — 7News is your back-to-school headquarters and as we help DMV families prepare for this busy season, doctors are warning about signs of internet addiction. Many of us struggle ...

I spend an average of seven hours on my phone every single day. Right after I wake up, I instantly scroll through different social media apps, continuing throughout the day, up until right before I ...

An Arizona high school biology teacher had his last week of teaching after becoming exasperated with his students’ constant smartphone usage in the classroom. Sahuaro High School’s Mitchell Rutherford ...

The researcher and author Jean Twenge has a prescription for the harmful effects of screen time on children. If only parents would listen.

Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school.