Kids have never exactly been famed for their attention spans, but the situation is only getting worse. Experts believe that childhood attention has been all but non-existent since the pandemic years.

Marina, a six-year-old girl, interrupts her mother repeatedly during our session, trying to get Mom to look at the family portrait she has drawn on the whiteboard. Her mother tells Marina to wait a ...

Marina, a six-year-old girl, interrupts her mother repeatedly during our session, trying to get Mom to look at the family portrait she has drawn on the whiteboard. Her mother tells Marina to wait a ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Many kids spend hours on social media platforms, aimlessly scrolling through video after video. But some reports suggest it could be harming their attention span. We all know how ...

It’s no secret that smartphones and other digital devices control and consume our attention, both among adults and young people. This can be illustrated with three different, but very common scenarios ...

By asking the right questions, doing the research, and observation, parents can better ensure that the edtech their children are using is effective and safe.

The problem is not the phone, but the engineering of attention that is reshaping childhood itself”. In homes once filled with the noise of play, a new kind of silence now dominates. A child sits ...

We have a choice: We can allow Big Tech to solve the problem with invasive brain technology. Or we can let educators teach students how to pay attention. By now, most of us know that the technologies ...

A person can display behavior that seeks positive or negative attention. Both children and adults may display attention-seeking behavior. Attention-seeking behavior can appear as acting out, excessive ...