Many parents are reporting that their children can't focus on anything but what happens to be on a screen at any given moment—a TV show, video game or some other form of digital entertainment. This has so...

This spring, a bevy of newly minted college grads are marching across the stage, grabbing their diplomas and cruising headlong into new lives. Their first stop? For many, it'll be Mom and Dad's house. According...

Where do kids under the age of 13 hang out these days? Facebook, of course. More than 7.5 million American children congregate on the popular social networking site, according to Consumer Reports' annual "State...

Good news: James Tate, an 18-year-old high school senior, has a date to prom—thanks to an oversized message he left on the side of his school for his main squeeze. Bad news: The school banned Tate from ac...

If you could have three wishes, what would they be? Scientists asked this question of more than 100 adolescents ages 11-18, and in so doing say they discovered some curious insights into the adolescent mind. Ab...

In a recent episode of "Modern Family," character Claire Dunphy, a mother, is appalled to find her family absorbed in electronic devices during breakfast—from her husband's preoccupation with his iPad to ...

Kids who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are far more likely to smoke or use drugs than their non ADHD peers, according to new research published in Clinical Psychology Review. The research, condu...

Teens looking for jobs this summer could be in for a long, frustrating search. Teen unemployment hit 24 percent this spring, and many employers are looking to fill their seasonal slots early. In fact, some alre...

Cigarettes? So passé. Hookahs, or water pipes, are all the rage on campuses these days—even though they're not much of a health improvement over the proverbial cancer sticks. More than 40 percent of ...

We hear people talk about how addicted they are to their phones, videogames or the Internet. As it turns out, they might be right. A study done by the University of Maryland found that many college students exp...