A new study from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, concluded that the incidence of vaping among young people is rising because of advertising for e-cigarettes using ...

CHICAGO — The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in ...

A new national study commissioned by TELETOON Retro counters the common perception of cartoons as parent substitutes and reveals cartoons support bonding, well-being and memory-building for families ...

A study published today in the medical journal Pediatrics has concluded that preschool-aged children who watch fast-paced TV cartoons performed significantly worse on executive function (like ...

Cartoons may be the reason your kids can’t sleep. A year-long study in the journal Pediatrics found kids ages three to five can be scared by Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner. Mike Eichenberg with Banner ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Children's television is studded with violence, much of it darker and more realistic than when an anvil dropped on Wile E. Coyote's head, a watchdog group reported on Thursday. The Parents Television ...

Like the infamous "Joe Camel" advertisements for cigarettes in the 1980s and 90s, the use of cartoon characters in ads for e-cigarettes and e-liquids may be attracting young people to the ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KATU) — A recent study suggested that cartoons targeted at girls feature sweets like cupcakes and ice cream eight times more frequently than those aimed at boys. Researchers Eric Setten, ...

A study by the UPV/EHU's Department of Evolutionary Psychology and Education has explored the validity of narrative and non-narrative cartoons for developing narrative skills, moral reasoning and ...

Some estimates say the average preschooler sees more than 500 breakfast cereal commercials a year. And characters in those ads carry a lot of clout. "Early Show" Contributor Taryn Winter Brill ...