NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for kids?

  • Written by Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
Kids shouldn't be expected to self-regulate the amount of time they spend on the device. And parents are finding it tougher and tougher to impose limits.Brazhyk/Shutterstock.com

The average teen spends at least six hours a day looking at a screen, with most of it from using a smartphone.

Many parents, naturally, have wondered if so much time spent...

Read more: Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for kids?

More Articles ...

  1. Fit to serve: Data on transgender military service
  2. From cowboys to commandos: Connecting sexual and gun violence with media archetypes
  3. Will religiously unaffiliated Americans increase support for liberal policies, in 2018 and beyond?
  4. Universities must prepare for a technology-enabled future
  5. Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery – so they are practicing in the shadows
  6. Why Iran's protests matter this time
  7. Why states may get away with creative income tax maneuvers
  8. How does assisting with suicide affect physicians?
  9. Abortion freedom of speech battle heading to the Supreme Court
  10. Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what about the language of driving?
  11. Scientist at work: I've dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for new forms of life
  12. From bad to worse? 5 things 2018 will bring to the Middle East
  13. Trump's offshore oil drilling plans ignore the lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon
  14. The fallout of police violence is killing black women like Erica Garner
  15. When charities let telemarketers gouge donors
  16. Architecture in 2018: Look to the streets, not the sky
  17. Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?
  18. The hidden homelessness among America's high school students
  19. Should military men draft our nation's security strategy?
  20. Allowing mentally ill people to access firearms is not fueling mass shootings
  21. Trust in digital technology will be the internet's next frontier, for 2018 and beyond
  22. For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in store
  23. Can road salt and other pollutants disrupt our circadian rhythms?
  24. Nikola Tesla: The extraordinary life of a modern Prometheus
  25. Why Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
  26. To get the most out of self-driving cars, tap the brakes on their rollout
  27. As you travel, pause and take a look at airport chapels
  28. What about young men who are having unwanted sex?
  29. Novelty in science – real necessity or distracting obsession?
  30. The gig economy may strengthen the 'invisible advantage' men have at work
  31. German 'grand coalition' could strengthen right-wing extremism
  32. Why your child's preschool teacher should have a college degree
  33. 'Career ready' out of high school? Why the nation needs to let go of that myth
  34. Social media companies should ditch clickbait, and compete over trustworthiness
  35. How Trump's NAFTA renegotiations could help Mexican workers
  36. An X-factor in coastal flooding: Natural climate patterns create hot spots of rapid sea level rise
  37. This new year -- rethinking gratitude
  38. Research on how self-control works could help you stick with New Year's resolutions
  39. What can be done about our modern-day Frankensteins?
  40. Why your doctor may not be able to help you lose weight
  41. New medical advances marking the end of a long reign for 'diet wizards'
  42. Our fight with fat: Why is obesity getting worse?
  43. Why are so many of our pets overweight?
  44. Why walking with your doctor could be better than talking with your doctor
  45. What thin people don’t understand about dieting
  46. What psychiatrists have to say about holiday blues
  47. The holiday-suicide myth and the intractability of popular falsehoods
  48. Behavioral economics finally goes mainstream: 4 essential reads
  49. How the religious right shaped American politics: 6 essential reads
  50. Why 2017 was so terrible for Mexico: 9 essential reads