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A comment on Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (2017). Parent comment
They're driving less in the first place: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/05/teen-car-...
> have less risky sex, have a lower rate of teenage pregnancy
They (along with 20-somethings) also have less sex period: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex...
> ingest less risky substances, are generally less violent
Drug use and getting into fights typically happen in social settings. Teens are socializing in person less often: https://qz.com/1320344/americans-are-socializing-less-and-pl...
It makes you wonder, what the heck _are_ they doing with their time?
Well, playing video games, using their phones, and feeling lonely: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/01/loneliness-felt-...
As well as reporting more depression and anxiety, and committing suicide in record numbers: http://theconversation.com/the-mental-health-crisis-among-am...
Is it as simple as "phone bad, sunshine good?" No probably not, but there are studies out there linking social media to depression, and many studies linking loneliness to poor mental health.
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They're driving less in the first place: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/05/teen-car-...
> have less risky sex, have a lower rate of teenage pregnancy
They (along with 20-somethings) also have less sex period: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex...
> ingest less risky substances, are generally less violent
Drug use and getting into fights typically happen in social settings. Teens are socializing in person less often: https://qz.com/1320344/americans-are-socializing-less-and-pl...
It makes you wonder, what the heck _are_ they doing with their time?
Well, playing video games, using their phones, and feeling lonely: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/01/loneliness-felt-...
As well as reporting more depression and anxiety, and committing suicide in record numbers: http://theconversation.com/the-mental-health-crisis-among-am...
Is it as simple as "phone bad, sunshine good?" No probably not, but there are studies out there linking social media to depression, and many studies linking loneliness to poor mental health.