The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents avoid screen time for children younger than 18 to 24 months. This recommendation is based on research consistently showing that children ...

Thomas is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Hope College. She researches child and adolescent development funded by The Templeton World Charity Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation ...

It’s 5:30 p.m. on a Wednesday. Dinner isn’t ready, your partner isn’t home yet and two needy little kids won’t let you chop an onion. What’s a parent to do? Consider the TV, potentially the most ...

Doctors share tips for parents amid new research on TV time for young kids. For children under the age of 2, television screen time is associated with sensory differences later in toddlerhood, ...