For many parents, this scene feels familiar. You say goodnight. Your teenager heads upstairs. The bedroom door closes. The lights go out... ...but the phone stays on. Whether it's one last TikTok video, replying to a WhatsApp message, scrolling Instagram, or watching YouTube, smartphones have become part of many teenagers' bedtime routine. Parents often wonder: Is it really that harmful? A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics provides some important answers. Using objective smartphone...

Moving to a new country comes with countless decisions about your child's education, language development, and wellbeing. Many international parents wonder whether they should be "teaching" their child more at home, whether speaking multiple languages is confusing, or whether play really is enough in the early years. The reassuring news is that research tells us something remarkable: children are learning from the moment they are born—and often in ways that adults cannot easily see. Children...

For many international families moving to the Netherlands, one of the biggest cultural surprises is the country's reputation for being relaxed about cannabis. Teenagers quickly become aware of coffeeshops, and many come to believe that if cannabis is openly sold, it must be relatively harmless. However, a major new study published in JAMA Health Forum reminds us that legal tolerance and health risk are two very different things. The researchers followed 463,396 adolescents between the ages of...