Julie Jargon

Digital tools such as Google Classroom and Canvas are still used during in-person school. Tracking online assignments is a chore, and many parents wish schools would go back to pencil and paper.

Wishing for more time away from screens and social media for your family isn’t enough. Here are practical ways that adults and kids can develop healthier tech habits.

When teens decide they have a personality disorder or other mental-health affliction based on information they found in TikTok videos, it can fray family relationships and pose a treatment challenge.

A new form of cyberbullying is taking hold at middle schools—anonymous Instagram accounts that students create to post gossip and rumors, and in some cases to instigate fights.

If you think you have mild or moderate hearing loss, there are ways to prepare for one of the less-expensive hearing aids coming to your drugstore next year.

Apple added a new feature in the iOS 15.2 iPhone update to give kids a warning before they send or open nude photos—and made a difficult decision to omit a feature that would have warned their parents.

Five young men share what they’ve learned about managing their time and staying safe while playing games, while also dealing with Mom and Dad.

Pediatric wards are seeing more eating-disorder cases, with boys making up an increasing share of patients. Anorexia nervosa and other disordered eating often goes unnoticed in boys until they are far along, in part because the disorders are widely thought to mostly affect young women.

It’s hard enough to keep kids off social media, but when the pressure to join Instagram or WhatsApp comes from coaches and club leaders, it can feel impossible to set boundaries. Here are tips to help parents hold some ground.

Teens exploring gender and sexual identity often seek safe spaces on platforms such as Discord, but some walk away feeling more confused.