Martha Irvine, Author at Valley News

In this Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, photo, Henry Hailey, 10, plays the online game Fortnite in the early morning hours in the basement of his Chicago home. His parents are on a quest to limit screen time for him and his brother. The boys say they understand sometimes, but also complain that they get less screen time than their friends. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Limiting Screen Time Is Tough Task

by Martha Irvine AP National WriterNovember 20, 2018

Chicago — It is Saturday morning, and 10-year-old Henry Hailey is up at the crack of dawn. Still in PJs, his microphone-equipped headphones glowing blue in the dim basement, he fixates on the popular online game Fortnite on a large screen.“What?!…

Ayrial Miller, 13, takes a quick moment to check her phone at Nathan Hale Elementary School in Chicago on Friday, June 8, 2018, to show how the monitoring software her mom has installed on the phone works. Most of the school day, students' phones stay with their homeroom teachers. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

The Secret Digital Lives of Teens

by Martha Irvine AP National WriterJune 28, 2018