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The report highlights a 17 percent increase in screen use among teens and tweens in the last two years — more than in the four years prior.

Kids can’t always tell the difference between content and commercials, and the holidays mean more ads than ever. Here’s how to help.

stock.adobe.com Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer Edwards’ two kids were on a limited screen-time budget. After they got home from school and through their after-school routine, they would get maybe an hour or two a day. When the pandemic started, Edwards worked from home while the kids’ school was closed, eventually transitioning to online learning. Limits on screen time were tossed out. Now, her kids’ schools have reopened, and they’ve returned to some of their normal routines. But Edwards, who lives in St. Augustine, Florida, says returning to those screen-time limits has “b...

Kids and screen time: How parents can manage during prolonged pandemic Brett Molina, USA TODAY Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer Edwards’ two kids were on a limited screen time budget. After they returned home from school and got through their after-school routine, they would get maybe an hour or two a day. When the pandemic started, Edwards, like many Americans across the country, worked from home while their kids’ school closed, eventually transitioning to online learning. Limits on screen time were tossed out. Now, her kids’ schools have reopened and they’ve r...

Opinion: Kids pay the price for adults' failures to act against racism CNN 1/6/2021 Opinion by Devorah Heitner © MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images Supporters of Black Lives Matter, hold signs during a protest outside the Hall of Justice as they demonstrate against the death of George Floyd, in Los Angeles, California on June 10, 2020. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images) In recent years and especially since the death of George Floyd, high school and college students have been using social media to expose everyday racism they confront at s...