Jean Guerrero: Smartphones take a toll on teenagers. What choice do parents have?

We can't keep ignoring social media's harmful effects on the mental health of young people.

Across the world, regardless of skin color or language, people are suffering from mental health problems that are linked to the age at which they got their first smartphone or tablet, according to a new from Sapien Labs. The nonprofit organization, which has a database of more than a million people in dozens of countries, found that the younger that people were when they got their first smartphone or tablet, the more likely they were to have mental health challenges as adults, including suicidal