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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by jimbokun on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:48AM (#34579494)
Time spent on screens is strongly correlated with worse mental health.

So limiting access is investing in mental health.

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Re:A bunch of bored kids found a way to unenroll their schoo... by ceejayoz on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:51AM (#34579530)
Citation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6214874/

> After 1 h/day of use, more hours of daily screen time were associated with lower psychological well-being, including less curiosity, lower self-control, more distractibility, more difficulty making friends, less emotional stability, being more difficult to care for, and inability to finish tasks.

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