Kids with Screens

A good set of observations on why teens seem to keep their faces glommed onto their mobiles. I'll add two additional notes:

1. Is this really all that different from the (stereotype, to some degree) teens (girls) spending untold hours on the phone back in the day with houses came with a single phone line? It seems to me the dynamic is similar, except now we have boys doing it, too.

2. Plenty of parents (cough) whose faces are glommed onto their mobiles or other screens, too. "I learned it from watching you, Dad! I learned it from watching you!"

Originally shared by +Doyce Testerman:

"We’re raising our children in captivity and they turn to technology to socialize, learn and decompress. Why are we blaming the screens?"

Good, albeit short article on the root causes behind increasing youth/teen screen time.

Blame Society, Not the Screen Time
If Americans truly want to reduce the amount young people use technology, we should free up more of their time.

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