Smartphones and social media are destroying children’s mental health

Re:Smartphones and social media are destroying children’s me... by lm28469 on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:45PM (#35098047)

Internet of today has nothing to do with 1990/2000 internet in term of content and especially in term of things competing for your attention, and spread of misinformation

The problem isn't necessarily the device, but the content

Kids spend up to 10 hours per day on screen, most of it on smartphones [0], and they're not reading encyclopedias

Average tiktok user screen time is over 25 hours per months: https://wallaroomedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tiktok-...

[0] https://i2.wp.com/www.surexpositionecrans.org/wp-content/upl...

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Re:Smartphones and social media are destroying children’s me... by thriftwy on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:03PM (#35098320)

I understand all that but you really want to keep that baby while throwing the water off.

For starters, the 1.5 hours ot TV may go.

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Re:Smartphones and social media are destroying children’s me... by lm28469 on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:09PM (#35098426)

I'd much rather put my 8 years old in front of some cartoon than god knows where on the internet. Content wise it's much less risky

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