With billions of active users across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other social media platforms, cutting down on screen time ...

The vast majority of people who are online use social media, often for hours a day. For most, there is no problem. For others, it crosses the line into addiction. When does normal connectivity become ...

Addiction to social media is on the rise amongst young people. And determining whether your child is addicted to social media, or simply using it more than you’d like can be tricky. According to ...

Editor's note: The following story was originally published on December 18 as part of City Weekly's 2025 Year in Review issue. I have a confession—I’m an addict. Not to alcohol or drugs, I quit those ...

Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular when a person cannot stop these behaviors despite experiencing negative ...

While internet addiction is not an official disorder as categorized by the American Psychiatric Association, compulsive use of the internet and other digital technologies can be disruptive to leading ...

Dear Abby advises a woman on how to help her husband's social media addiction. DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have very different approaches to social media; He’s all in, and I’m all out. I don’t “do” ...

All of these “socials” can be dangerously addictive despite insistent claims from users who swear they can give it up at any time. I’ve heard similar promises from smokers, alcoholics, drug addicts, ...

School’s out. Teens are bored. And the siren call of social media and video games beckons. Parents and caregivers bungling through new summer routines, or lack thereof, have long sought to balance the ...