Children’s average daily screen time more than doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to previous research, and some nations are grappling with how to curb the potential negative effects.

This group, based in Britain, is not the only one worried about children’s screen time. Last month the state of Florida passed a law banning social media for under-14s.

One-year-olds exposed to more than four hours of screen time a day experienced developmental delays in communication and problem-solving skills at ages 2 and 4, according to a new study ...

Spending more time on screens increases the likelihood that 9- and 10-year-olds will develop symptoms of mental illness, according to a study by UC San Francisco that is one of the first long-term ...

And while most studies have examined the effects of screen time on children and teenagers, the study, published in the Annals of Human and Social Sciences, examined the effects in adults.