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A New Study Suggests some Children Are at Risk of Becoming Addicted to Screens.
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Information overload: smartphones are exposing children to an avalanche of irrelevance
Aleksandra Suzi/ShutterstockMore than 80% of children aged ten to 12 in the UK own a smartphone, according to a recent report by media watchdog Ofcom. Many people think this is a bad thing: there has been much debate about whether children should be allowed to have smartphones. The discussions around the potential negative aspects of children’s smartphone use often focus on the possible mental health risks of social media, or how spending too mu…
Since the dawn of the age of television, parents have trouble limiting or directing the time their children spend in front of a screen.But since the arrival of smart phones—which we can and do take everywhere—and social media applications that today teenagers use an average of five hours a day, many parents have resigned: they feel they have lost the battle.
Analysis by Kara Alaimo Many parents worry about how much time their children spend in front of screens. But a new study suggests that to understand how these platforms affect children, we need to focus elsewhere. According to the study published Wednesday, June 18, in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the amount of time children spend on social media, mobile phones, and video games was not associated with more symptoms of i…
Analysis by Kara Alaimo Many parents worry about how much time their children spend in front of screens. But a new study suggests that to understand how these platforms affect children, we need to focus elsewhere. According to the study published Wednesday, June 18, in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the amount of time children spend on social media, mobile phones, and video games was not associated with more symptoms of i…
84% of children between 0 and 3 years old already use mobile devices and the average to have one of their own is at 10 years old. This according to an article published in the journal Psychology, Society and Education of the University of Córdoba. And translated into a more casual language: technology affects the development of children. Also read: This affects technology to the posture of your children It is common to enter a restaurant and fin…
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