Life for teenagers used to unfold with a kind of effortless freedom that feels almost foreign now. Without smartphones or ...

The big debate over what age kids should have access to cellphones and social media took centerstage Tuesday night. A new ...

According to Nielsen, 58 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds in the U.S. now own a smartphone, up from 36 percent just a year ago. I had a cell phone when I was a teenager. Granted, it wasn’t a smartphone, ...

In early 2025, two of the largest school systems in the country took bold steps to keep students off their phones. The Los Angeles Unified School District in California began a cellphone ban during ...

GREENWICH — Greenwich teenagers are aware they are spending too much time on their cell phones, according to a new youth survey. Greenwich Together, a drug-and-alcohol-prevention coalition, conducted ...

WASHINGTON — From Jeannie Harrison's perspective, the social lives of most teen-agers tend to revolve around their cell phones — even when they are behind the wheel. "People don't want to be ...

So many of our daughter's friends had cell phones, some even got them in elementary school. She was able to get by without one for a while, but I became her default social coordinator. We reevaluated ...

As of today there are 14 states that have active laws or executive orders that ban or restrict cell phone use in schools. The reality is that more and more states are in line to take action, since ...