Parents need to chill. Let kids try things on their own, make mistakes and learn.

Children have more freedom to roam online than to play without supervision in the neighborhood park -- or even their own yards.

Students are less independent, more likely to ask their parents to protect them from any effort.

Do American kids need more math tutoring and fewer sleepovers?

U.S. teenagers average 4.8 hours a day on social media apps such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X (formerly Twitter),...

Teenagers wouldn't be so anxious, depressed and fragile if they'd spent more time playing outside with friends -- without adult...

Not long ago, teen-age boys dreamed of buying a car and "roaring away from school during lunch period, with a girl riding shotgun, on our...

Depression and anxiety are the top worries of parents, according to a Pew Research Center survey, report Rachel Minkin and Juliana...

In an “Adulting 101” workshop, Kansas State students talk about "conflict" as though "it's this terrible thing," said Brett Mallon, an...

Learning online taught her students to be independent, resourceful and productive, writes Kyle Redford, who teaches fifth grade at a...