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A new study looks at how much time parents spend on their screens (compared to their teens): http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/06/health/parents-screen-use-attitudes-tweens-teens/index.html  

A new study suggests hat the more time children between the ages of six months and two years spent using handheld screens such as smartphones, tablets and electronic games, the more likely they were to experience speech delays. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/health/babies-screen-time-speech-delays-study/index.html  

Statistics suggest younger kids are spending more time watching screens: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/health/children-smartphone-tablet-use-report/index.html  

This article discusses how to help your teen manage how technology and devices can be a distraction from schoolwork: When Technology Distracts Teens from Completing Their Homework  

In a new study, kids had an easier time doing boring tasks if they pretended to be Batman, Bob the Builder, Rapunzel or Dora the Explorer – all well-known characters who are model hard workers — and were given props to help them get in character: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/pretending-batman-helps-kids-focus-boring-tasks-study-shows.htm http://selfcontrol.psych.lsa.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cdev12695.pdf_jsessionid9A14126FF0E062AD942DD3C3CEE26155.f04t03.pdf