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- Published on Mar 6, 2026
- It has been every parent's growing nightmare - but now there might be serious consequences of screen time on children's brains.
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“It’s not only the screens themselves-it’s what they replace. Less play, less conversation, less movement, and less real-life interaction.”
Less reading of books too.
Agree. When they play with toys they imagine stuff, interact in real life. With screens they become mindless zombies while watching.
Additionally, it's not the screens, but what they are doing on those screens. Social media, doomscrolling, etc. And don't even get me started on the stupidity and degradation of language skills due to their use of text-speak. If they were using the screens for educational purposes, I guarantee the results would be far different.
Our brains are being destroyed in the way social isolation damages brains, while we are surrounded by 'loved ones'
@warfanax "With screens they become mindless zombies while watching." - We have multiple generations of people proving this statement to be false.
It’s causing brain damage in all of us . They won’t say that because they need us to continue to use their devices
$$$$$$$$$$ the real war for your mind $$$$$$$$$$$
The devices are also a Trojan horse.
@Afungus.Amunguswhat you mean
Nobody is allowed privacy. Well, except for people who use linux or other OS
The pruning that happens in our brains stops after 25-27, so devices won't have as much of an impact on older generations. But I bet OP studied Clinical Nueropsychology... 😂
There's no mention of schools using devices in the classroom.
Truth
It is inferred 😊
Word! …Oh, but it’s in the name of education 🙄
It depends on the content obviously!!
That part...
All the while we are all watching this on our screens. :)
😂
😂😂😂😂
Don't you take my screen from me!........:)
It is mostly the blasted WIRELESS, not just the screen.
im blind
Adults is addicted too not just kids.
Are*
Its not the addiction, its the 5G
But our brains are already formed. It is limiting us, but the damage is lesser.
It's addictive because now it's easier to cheat on a partner. Hook up culture did not happen until the advent of the smartphone and all the apps to stay on the DL and the fact that your phone can't be accessed by anyone because it has a passcode.
@evoz4489. You know Christmas party’s at work don’t you? That’s the pre smartphone hook up event number one 😂
Denmark is going back to books at school
They also have a literacy rate of 99% Look up the stats on the United States' rates. It's not a pretty read, no pun intended.
@ge2623oof
Genetics
@anthonycrisci4647 no
@ge2623 its not, its a terrible stat. you should look into the mississippi miracle. they went back to basics and drastically improved their public school system 4th grading reading in particular went from 49th in the nation to top 10 rankings over about a decade.
It’s not just children, everyone is being pushed to screens for work, homework emails, apps, online applications and calls etc etc.
The device is not making it the apps that have algorithms that show you videos in special order and give you dopamine boost like TikTok are the reason for that.
Bro, the problem is not the screen in itself, it's what you use it for, like everything ever created by humanity. Now let me use the computer to design electronics.
What about the tv when you watch fox news
@ChadAV69ye new TVs same thing old TVs didn’t do that
Digital ID will you won't be able to participate in society with a device
Just imagine what its doing to adults too. why things are off and many on edge
But aren’t our brains fully developed?
@yaelfeder9042 developed, as if the only brain that can be affected by its environment is the "developing" brain.
@yaelfeder9042 I remember learning somewhere that the common phrase "our brains become fully developed around the age of 25" was false - because our brains actually keep "developing" until into our 30s. But I think that's even "developing" in the context of "maturing" (i.e. improving). At certain ages (60s I think) then you start to experience some levels of decline. Even without any of these facts (or I think they're facts, confirm yourself), I think it's just the case in general that the brain always is very "adaptable".
@junglefan1998oh I forgot
@yaelfeder9042 The brain cells that have “ developed “ are deteriorating that’s the difference 😂
If you cannot spend time with your kids then don't have them. Parents have turned tablets into babysitters.
Yes it is, that's the main problem.
The sudden huge increase in the cost of living unfortunately means that parents need to work more now. This affects the kids.
If you cannot spend time with your kids, have them anyway and spend time with them and deal with it.
Amen!!!! ❤
@myday2704Yes never ending Social programs, government fraud you have to work to pay for.
I think the real issue in these extreme cases isn’t the screens themselves, but the lack of meaningful interaction during the most important stages of a child’s development. Four to seven hours of iPad time a day for a young child is excessive by any standard, and it often reflects situations where kids aren’t getting the engagement they need. My own children had measured, age‑appropriate exposure to iPads from early childhood, and both are excelling academically and taking advanced courses, have social lives, and participate in sports. This reinforces what many experts say: most things, when used in moderation and balanced with real‑world interaction, aren’t harmful. Screens can be useful tools, but they’re not substitutes for parenting.
True
That's awesome 👍🏻 For your kids, did they mostly interact with the devices for fun or mostly for learning or both? And did you have a process for venting the content? Or just the age rating?
@tomoyochan92I think it’s hard to say per child. You can’t look at another and put the same restrictions. In a perfect world maybe.
The big thing is to increase play that doesn’t involve flashing lights of any kind, limiting screen time to when you have screen time.
If you think your kids intake is obsessive yours maybe as well
Age rating only works to a degree. Some kids are more mature than others and can handle the imagery and symbolism in media.
The only thing I’d say is no social media until the kid is at least 13-16 as was the standard when I was growing up set by the companies running them.
Video games are better pass time than phones and videos. They keep your brain conditioned and have been shows to actually make reaction time and coordination better.
Everything In moderation even moderation
I'm afraid that is demonstrably NOT the case. Although lack of real life stimulus is absolutely detrimental to development, exposure to screen time IN AND OF ITSELF is profoundly damaging to young brains and that fact must not be minimized!
It begs the question ,what about adults addicted to their devices and the degredation of neural,and cognitive function.
Watch what drivers do in the roads as well as the amount of times the light goes green and they just sit there!
This should be headlining on national news and broadcast.
Absolutely! My husband is addicted to his cell.
Exactly!!! They never say adults!! If kids can get addicted, so can adults. And it's SO obvious MANY adults have brain damage. Look around, people are INSANE
@santi7470so true
Its not just kids.
actually, adults are a completely different level of risk, because they are not growing their brain during the screen usage
Norway giving up digital learning. They know it has failed.
Lol renaging on all promises made & garuntee worse than that by denying there kids ability to learn all we knew all day in the same matter of time as our recess!
What they want leads to carving up flesh doping up minds just like we did all century.
To Repay the Amish who is also cut from that family clothe who also chose to live on reservation without the ability to defend there own sovereignty lol
But to do that is to protect human species as we know it here on earth while all that nonsense of neitchites or cern chasing ghosts can be done to live out on titan Mars if at all possible but they can never mix mingle or return to earth.
Medically speaking each would life threatening to the other to be in same rooms lol
There is no other way forward but to accept reality for what it was, 1900 - 1970 we allowed all earths children of beliefs to repeat metabolic mistake Sharia law environment dictitate outside in gradulistic Eugenics flipped to theosaphical failure to qauntize gravity all over again.
All while lobbying in the Samd classroom and American backyard multiple generations self censored there own children to exhaust all wrongs leaving all that was right and already known to be so true.
Made all this kids live and learn the hardest way possible at the expense of the rest of the worlds nihilistic miss aligned beliefs
@dadsonworldwide3238go seek help. Troubled mind.
Denmark as well.
Facts are facts. There are zero studies that show making school easier and throwing money and tech at it result in any improved learning outcomes. Studies, like the one mentioned here, show just the opposite. It’s not a fluke that Gen Alpha literally has lower IQ than their parents. The last generation with any intelligence is the millennials.
We need the old style phones back , messaging, calls, music and photos, banking anything else can wait
Flip phones were cooler anyways
You may need this, but some need it for banking for their business.
We need social media to go away, especially tiktok and instagram. Those two are the worst apps for teens and even kids
@ananya255teens are kids.
@ananya255you're using social media
Why would they not link the research?
Because it's not actually verified in many countries, there's many other issues like dogshit parenting, who in their right mind would give a tablet or phone to a child
brain rot is real!
Cappuccino Assassino!
Ya, it’s called conservatism 😂😂😂
@Theonetruegod-hw2ei is progressivism enlightenment 😂?
@ClearestofGlues aww, bless your little heart. 🤣😂
@The@Theonetruegod-hw2ei You’re just not going to answer 😂? Ok. Is this how enlightened people have discourse?
Ban screens in schools! Go back to books
What’s a book?😂
Seriously, I agree with you!!!!
I’d push back on that a bit. The research doesn’t really support an absolute ban on screens in schools. What matters most is how screens are used, not simply whether they exist. When screens replace active learning, social interaction, or play, they can be harmful. But when they’re used intentionally (for example, to support learning, show visual concepts, or encourage discussion with a teacher), they can be a useful educational tool. A blanket ban risks throwing out the benefits along with the problems. Thoughtful limits and high-quality, age-appropriate use are likely more effective than an all-or-nothing approach✌🏻
And ban vaccines too. They harm the brains of children.
Yes! And paper and pencil!
@BaconFaceMcGeethe library at my kids school has nothing but anime books...ban those too
I’m 20 years old, and I’m struggling with this addiction. I do need to start controlling myself
You can do it! The first step is done: recognizing you invest more time than you would like in your cellphone
@MVBNov. I have neck problems and bad posture from it.
Likewise and im 23
😅...... from 7hrs a day to 6hrs a day. 😂
I was 20 in 2000 and I had none of what we have now. I miss those days!
What’s the Difference between television and tablets--they said TV rotted kids brains in the 90’s, now it’s tablets and iPad’s
I would say that the biggest differences between tv back in the day and tablet/phones these days is when the use started. These days kids are using tablets/phones as toddlers. And as an offshoot of that is the brain chemistry change that comes from use. The instant gratification, the dopamine/cortisol fluctuations, the rabbit holing from apps like reddit, etc…they all keep children from meaningful interaction with people which is necessary for proper development of the brain.
We’ve been saying this for years…..
then you are misguided.
it is not the devices. it is the CAPITALIST MARKETING for exponential profits.
it is not the devices themselves.
@Andre-qo5ek I’m sure you’re a medical professional who has viewed tons of brain scans. Not.
@pearl_grey wow... so clever. did you ask Grok to write that for you?
@Andre-qo5ek I don’t know what grok is. I live in the real world.
@pearl_grey .... commenting on yt videos
Unfortunately real cost isn’t only brain damage.it’s the erosion of attention, and with it, the loss of self-awareness.
that rabbit hole goes deep....
What gives you these insides? Do you have kids today?
I’ve felt this in myself. It’s not just kids. It’s adults too. It’s almost like an addiction.
@noirefit5954as we watch from our screens 😂😂😂
Yeah, I work with kids and everybody seems to have ADHD/ADD
"ONLY 2 hours a day"??? This is huge for a toddler!!!!! Hours. Hours he said🙄🙄🙄
My kids (10+7) get 1.5 hours on Sundays and Saturdays. Zero on the other days.
Yeah ...I try as much as possible to not give any screens to my kindergarten and preschool kids ...if for any reason they get my phone is just for 30 min as max. But overall they don't have access to devices. At least not for now that they are SO young
Exactly my reaction 🙄 🙄
@cucublueberry8078Same!!
I remember growing up 30 minutes often felt like 2 hours comparatively to how i perceived time now, merely a few decades later.
One thing that wasnt answered was the type of media they were consuming on said devices? is it just watching videos or playing games that causes the reduction or is it all kinds of interactions?
All kinds, but poor content adds to the problem. Google the studies. There are over 10 years of them that all explain in detail why.
@19Ocm-12Okg Thats not true because there have been studies showing the opposite for gaming, increasing water mater and neuroplasticity
THANK YOU. Are kids playing mindless videogames, watching educational TV, or scrolling TilTok 30-second clips?
@AuchioaneYes. Certain games have benefits
@Baldur452 exactly!
It started with the TV generations ago - this study is years too late.
mid 80s was the breaking point
It breaks down the family too😢
How?
@Siege-54I mean... if you're not really present during family time...
@SageLakshmi that’s your problem
@Siege-54ooo so edgy
Satan breaks down the family in many ways, too much screen time is a symptom of something else. Don't blame the object.
What about TV in the house? I remember in the 90’s we would sit and watch a movie together with my parents. Those were great childhood memories.
I wonder about just TV’s and no devices.
Does the tv provide blue Light? If so avoid.
It emphasizes interactive devices. I think watching tv as a family is ok.
I have glaucoma and high def TV makes my eyes hurt and gives me a headache while my old analog TV's never did. Also my old monitor doesn't bother me either.
@rowilagardenstone2373 The "blue light" issue has been found to be basically a non issue.
A lot of it is the electromagnetic radiation that these devices put out. Wifi too. Electromagnetic pulses is how our brains work
Also screen time and myopia development.
Tbf, books also cause myopia
Yes!!!
soooo this comment thread is against books too?
@Andre-qo5ek just being educational, I'm not picking sides since I use both
Myopia development has more to do with staying indoors too much. The lack of eye exposure to sunlight has been heavily shown to affect eye development. Reading and screen time is more a correlation. The actual causesation is a lack of sunlight in the eyes (not directly staring into the sun obviously, just indirect)
I think it's time to go back to flip phones. I've been thinking about it for awhile now.
Radiation from all of them
I agree but i dont think i can get around without google maps
@atruenutwe used to do it, we printed out or wrote down the directions from MapQuest. My Mama's generation remembered all directions it just asked strangers, definitely can't do that too much these days😂
@atruenutjust get a GPS
@atruenut we did before, we can again
so you telling me to start parenting my child and monitor their usage of tech?
who would have thought
That Part... 🙏🏼💪🏽🤝🏼💯 Respect!!!
I have brain damage myself and it’s so heartbreaking what these kids are being shown and experiencing 😭
The local schools in my district takes the phones for the day and they get them at the end of school. My husband has been saying this for 3-5 years now about how detrimental screens are to our children and we give them screen time only on the weekend. Our children are homeschooled and this frightened the life out of me to hear the truth of how much screens damage the brain😭.
Goodness gracious, do you really believe this propaganda?
The brain loves information, that's why cellphones are addictive to children and adults.
If they see brain damage in children then they should see how many of them were "triple protected" or born to parents who subjected themselves to experimental brew.
Isaiah 9:6
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Now we know why these tech Bros that create cell phones won't allow their children to even use them
What tech bros have kids?
@MajICReiki
Well, Steve Jobs was the most famous one
@MajICReiki
Bill and Melinda Gates. Elon Musk has something like 14 kids
@donnareed3822the dude that made Facebook has kids too and he doesn’t let them play on the web.
which is untrue
This is no surprise. I’ve always said in the future we’ll learn how much damage phones and the like will do to kids that are still growing. I didn’t allow my daughter any mobile devices until she was old enough to be working and able to buy her own, for exactly this reason.
Did you do any research other than watching a 5min video on RUclips? How do you know what they are telling you is true? Big if true but is it actually true?
@niknik7470 Bruh, there are studies from 2016 and further, it's been extensively researched.
So the real question is, have YOU done any research?
@niknik7470 you just have to see how adults are getting addicted with these devices to know it's probably devastating for a child whose brain isn't even developed yet.
@cygnemignon5507It's common sense!! For common, simple people. Simple people don't like to read. Why would they?
A screen is no replacement for a book. A book is a must for learning
When only 30 mins a day of screen time you're better off just giving them none
My best friend uses devices to occupy her kids I use boredom.
You’re not much of a friend. Coming on here to tell the world that you think you’re better than her.
The trend to societal improvement starts with the individual. You can't make people change but you can educate them
@purlsndrops She’s a woman, what did you expect? You’re doing the same thing by pointing it out. Aren’t you the best person here?
@purlsndropsriiiight
@purlsndropsvoicing that one parenting technique is objectively better for children (backed by research and science) than another does not make the person saying it think they are better than anyone else.
What about adults .?
Studies indicate that 71% of surveyed workers spend 8 or more hours daily in front of a computer, with many averaging 6.5 hours of active, intense screen gazing per workday.
I don’t think it would be as bad with us since our brains are fully developed
@yaelfeder9042 of course developing brains would be impacted far more. I still think working in from of a computer 8 hours a day does damage mentally. And anyone under 16 should not be on screens in anyway more than 1 hour per day.
@yaelfeder9042it’s still bad for your brain. But it’s worse for developing brains.
@josephmayfield945Yeah I figured I need to start handwriting my stories
smart phone will make you dumb, social media will make you alone and generative machine learning with stolen data will rob you of your moral compass. quality exports from the states
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My memory was really strong but now due to reels and shorts I forget even tiny things 😢
FACTS
AI will indirectly repair all this 😊
@howmathematicianscreatemat9226 human intent will. no current technique bootstraps itself. just flat perceptrons at the moment
Important reminder: 'Brain changes' don't necessarily mean 'brain damage.' Our brains are incredibly plastic and constantly adapting to how we use them. It’s definitely worth watching the screen time, but we should stick to the facts instead of using scary words like 'chilling' or 'damage' before the science is actually settled.
And you got your PHD in neurology where?
You mean our brains are incredibly 'micro-plastic'🤔
You could say the same about cigarettes before they were finally scientifically proven to be terrible in every way for you. It is better to err on the side of caution given current evidence and reduce device usage as much as possible for children (and adults).
the neurologist said brain damage. also, this plasticity is exactly what enables this damage in the first place, and a huge amount of it is lost as we grow out of our childhood. that's the problem.
I agree with you 1000%. They would’ve found the exact same types of changes when the television was invented. Kids use phones for some incredible things. My kids are teenagers and they’ve been on phones much of their lives. They use them to create music. They use them to create art. My youngest taught herself to read well at the age of three during the pandemic because she wanted to be able to communicate with other older kids that were friends with my son.
This is the new world these kids live in and believe it or not, it’s going to be OK. These apps facilitate their social life. Their friends are on them. They communicate. They share information. You’re not putting the genie back in the bottle.
This needs to be everywhere
You could do a two hour double episode on this!
And? What difference would that make?
Yeah but nobody has the attention span to watch that long.
So what about adults?
How long can you leave it on the counter?
Brain is already developed
Pre-frontal cortex finishes developing by late 20s. It is responsible for planning, decision-making, working memory, impulse control, personality expression, and moderating social behaviour.
Who didnt know this was going to happen ? We all knew it was a bad idea to give the kids tech . Since we knew what we did was evil .
How about going to the park or giving them coloured pencils!
@Top-cat-65 Or talking To their children, instead of talking At them. Reading to them would be nice, too. Words are important, after all. We use them to.....I don't know...think and communicate with one another?
@Starbreedso true!
Its a bad idea to give tech to irresponsible people. Not just kids
If you want you can know so much. But does anybody care or do something? Nope not really, so we have to do it ourselves but the majority of people don't care or are to lazy to even think about it.
My girl got diagnosed with MS a year after we met and we been long distance for 10 years now. Phones never turn off
But WHY? What are the mechanisms? And do results differ between 'what' they are watching? For example, how do changes compare for kids who watch educational content vs mindless content?
Content makes a difference, but the style of engagement with the devices isn't healthy, especially for children.
There are plenty of studies outlining why, all dating back to 2016 and further. Give it a Google.
Research blue light. The blue light in modern screens is doing serious damage.
What about tv? People grew up on tv back then also.
@dodgek5270Tv has different screens. And its session by session, only if you have something to watch. Mobile phones, 24/7
Is educational content also addictive? It's interactive screens, he said.
This isn't about the screen.... It's about the brain rot activities that children are engaging in. Literally a tool to ruin our brain development. ADHD, dopamine seeking, comprehension issues, inability to focus and concentrate.
Something is wrong with the screen itself when you know that Steve Jobs never let his children have an ipad. He knew
ADHD is a genetic condition. It cannot be acquired or "developed".
@eyeling
I dont believe its genetic.
And you dont have evidence, I assume. Hearsay is not evidence.
@cmb4jesus yes, i absolutely have evidence that ADHD is genetic. This is the scientific consensus. Its a fact.
The Site "Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD), and the NHS, both have further information about what ADHD actually is and what causes it (genetics).
"I don't believe its genetic". Why do you think your uninformed "belief" overrides scientific consensus?
Thanks on reporting this 6 years late. Unfortunately, other studies like this show (you’re never gonna believe this) that when parents don’t spend time with their kids, it deteriorates Myelin😱. Shocking how leaving kids in a box without their parents deteriorates their mind. This doctor is trying to find a physical problem to blame stuff on when the answer probably is, and always has and will be: bad parenting
It has always been the absent or neglectful parenting that is responsible for emotionally and intellectually stunted children. The results have been consistent across societies, cultures, and social class.
Still waiting to hear the report on damage from Democrat governors locking the kids out of school for 2 years, which resulted likely in even more screen time.
It's both.
@dyingvine Or… the study was biased against screens. The study would’ve decreased Myelin whether there was a screen or not. Only difference is that the child would beg for their parents because it would be boring… which circles back to bad parenting
@IndigoWindow999 Can you point to and prove specific design flaws within the study? Also, this isn't the only study in this area. Parental neglect is harmful, and screen time compounds this effect.
My parents said the exact same things with TV Time and Video games.
... Did I just see parents sending their kids to military school because they're on their phones too much? Crazy. Also say goodbye to watching movies and tv shows with the family because you're limiting "screentime" to 30 minutes a day
I think there's a difference between small screen devices and sitting as a family and enjoying a movie. One of the big issues is attention span and watching shows together as a family would not be a detriment
Is there any research about the adults who having so much time with electronic tools and most of their time using social media platforms, in my point of view we are killing our brains , I just utilize youtube for educational purposes and sometimes news . I deleted all social media platforms at my phone.
Does this apply for TV also?
The research in this report is talking about 'interactive screens'. Television also impacts the brain, slower brain waves can be detected minutes after starting to watch television, but actual brain damage would require far more exposure time than devices.
Yes, there are similar studies for TV too, especially with children
Any blue-light devices are toxic if abused.
For a 5g modem
tv is less damaging the phones (data based)
Can you please send a link to the original research / journal article for this study?
Google his name
I found his website and research articles but cant find the current article.
@biancademaria924 hmmm.....you can always try to email someone that may work for him, to send it to you.
There are MANY studies on this just Google it, this is not new information.
Great question.
People: Don't believe everything you hear, vet the legitimacy and sense check it first. Use critical thinking skills first before auto-agreeing.
Did they test other things, like books? I have a theory that it's excessive time with anything at a close focal distance. Not just screens.
If it was only screen time at issue then TV would have shown us the same problems far before the phone. What changed was the content.
And that's why I think anyone under 13 shouldn't have access to a device.
No kid under 16
Depends what you use it for. If they learn to code then a computer will train them to think. Of course they need to remove blue light and go back to CRT monitors.
@englishgrammarguide🤓👆
I think 18 honestly
How old were you when you got yours?
Well isn't this nice, it's a bit too late telling us now, although obviously the tech giants knew it they don't let their children have phones. If we take away phones now that void will have to be filled, parents will have to be parents, is that possible?
With Gods help, yes.
They've been telling us for well over 10 years, this is just additional evidence
Maybe if the dads stopped leaving?
No. Parents are addicted themselves 😂😂
No. Parents are addicted themselves 😂😂
Anybody have a link to these studies? I notice this is based in Australia, I would like to show my kids pediatrician this research but there has to be some proof to their studies. Also for anyone in USA have you ever heard such studies being conducted here?
Because this is nonsense, of course there is no link to the actual research, fearmongering.
I've done research on this for school, there are most certainly studies. You can use Google Scholar to search for free access to research papers.
In the 80s it was the fumes and pollution from playing outside too much that caused brain damage now its phones.
Just take care of your family health and be proactive, live your lives
Kind of hard to trust the chart when you only start at the year 2010. I bet there are a number of dunces that see the chart and automatically think that devices are the issue. What a dumb world we live in.
Idk why they are just using the 10s as the starting point, that’s not true at all.
Getting a Nintendo DS Lite back when I was 10 in 2008 eventually gave me the beginnings of near sightedness. I don’t want to know what it did to my brain.
No. Not going out, when you were 1-3 is the cause of your miserable eyesight.
In this phase, the eye basically uses the sun to level itself.
The full explanation is of course more complicated and way to long, but hit Google Scholar with your question and you either gain knowledge or a headace😉
@goiterlanternbase😮
My sister and I were just talking today about why it seems the whole world is anxious. We suspected devices. My husband and I were working on getting the kids off screens. I’m going to share this with my family.
Anxiety is the result of algorithms feeding information we normally wouldn't consume
@coachwhitford7315Yes, human beings aren’t designed to be stimulated constantly.
Just throw away those tablets and buy a game console, a lot of games (especially Nintendo games) are built for kids of age 3 and stimulate attention and creativity.
"My sister and I were just talking today about why it seems the whole world is anxious. We suspected devices" - It's not devices. At least not the physical devices. It's what people are doing with those devices. In other words, it's social media. That's the problem, not "screen time". We had plenty of "screen time" in the 80s and 90s, but no social media. Once modern social media came about (Facebook, Twitter, etc), that's when everyone -- of all ages -- started becoming stupider, more anxious, more divisive, more argumentative, etc.
@nomore6167That's what we meant.
is there a scientific paper on this?
MANY. Go do a Google search it's all right there.
Be honest, If there was, would you read it? Would you believe it?
@Statuslockexactly!! 🙌 Its not new information in the slightest so why are people acting incredulous?
So how come there's no warnings on the product ?
Wow is all I can say been knew this but dang here we go a lot of this is still going over a lot of people heads smh
Ok all graphs without scales? I am out.
On the adults?
Yeah but how and why?
Literally the first minute of the video...
A whole flashbang
@fratorian5025"Could"
stop giving your kids a phone or tablet if they're whining! play with them, you brought them to this world and take responsibility !!!!
it is a sad world right now where i saw kids holding phone in the public, even the baby in the stroller holding a phone!
How does this compare to kids who grew up glued to the television, long before cell phones were invented? I wonder if it had the same effect on our brains ☹️
Less so because the comparison culture of social media was not there
Why has it taken so long to discover this?
Because it is not real🙄
My kids grew up with iPads and they are about to hit university life with better than B🙄
There is a rule in statistics; When you have to search for the cause in your data, it does not contain it. Obvious stuff is obvious.
@goiterlanternbasethat's a very silly argument you've got there. It's very apparently damaging and if your kids are hitting university they weren't children in the era of tik tok and other instant dopamine apps like we have today
What about us adults that work from home on laptops all day
This is about young children who's minds are developing.
Adults arr already grown up and developed.
Screen use can affect adults too.
I work from home on computer, also using iPad & phone. I am currently working for 45 minutes & then doing a 5 minute “walk” on a rebounder. It helps with concentration, therefore productivity & overall health. I feel energised by it too.
What about them? This is about childhood brain development in relation to using smart devices.
@nobody4y you don't get it 💀
It’s already too late for us mate
Damaging them even more with MRI scans.
How?
😂😂😂 incorrect
Dream on
Imagin whst its doing to adults, teen, preteens, kids. Effects everyone
Is this part of a longer, more in depth report? Seems to cut off. I'd like to see the whole thing
What about school’s device!!!!!!
Exempt. It's perfectly safe to have your kids drool all over a screen at school for 6 to 8 hours a day, the government said so!
@VariantAEC😂😂😂
@VariantAEClollll
Everyone is working on computers all day for work purposes. How is this study defining screen time?
Brain rot activity. This isn't referring to work that requires deep thinking.
@spam87
It could be more so affecting the eyesight. To reduce digital eye strain & fatigue,
Apply the "30-30-30" rule :
Every 30 minutes,
Look 30 feet away,
For 30 seconds.
@zzs33 unfortunately, even using devices for work causes problems compared to analog working. The content makes a difference, but the engagement with these devices still causes problems
Not everyone is on the computer all day for work. Interessting enough, musicians, dancers and painters are not, and also have reputation for great memory and concentration…
I was thinking this too and do tv’s matter? The study just focused on interactive meaning touch screens what about gaming? Or education screen time at school on laptops? Or watching a movie? Television use has been around for decades why werent we seeing the same effects on neuronal development back in the day as we are now?
Not arguing this, but the small amount of data shared here may be misleading. The graphs showed too short a window to actually determine patterns, so based only on what was shared here, we can only claim correlation, not causation. But like I said, I’ve been persuaded that this is an issue even before encountering this video. I would love to see the actual studies and data.
So would we all. In effect -- this ill constructed "report" is part of the problem it attempts to explain. Sound bite information, inference without robust study, implied causation without proof -- it's the same surface level poor reporting that has become ubiquitous. No depth -- just a skip rock approach to science.
Did any of you actually look at the paper?
Not devices. It’s the content.
This is saying it is also the device. Two things can be true and this article is about the device
We Know about content being a Problem. This research is about the device being a cause of physical harm to the brain.
It’s not just kids. It’s damaging all our brains
Does it not affect adults too?
Not really, childrens brain are still developing but adults brain are more develop and stable, if anything it's more of...changes in the "brain chemistry" in adults rather then "brain damages"
@The_Noblesse Interesting! that's something to look at. Thanks:)
@Raven-NeelActually, I have to correct myself! I just looked into some newer studies and it turns out excessive screen time can cause structural brain changes in adults too. Affects mostly kids and middle age 40-60yrs old elderly.
It affects everyone
@The_NoblesseThanks for updating me lol i had a feeling about it too 😅
Dont tell me they didnt see this during studies of cell phones in early 2000s.
In the early 2000s, cell phones had only basic features. You used to it phone, text, and that was it.
@grenade8572literally we didn’t have that much exposure until iPhones and androids increased their phones screen. We had house phones, projector in classrooms, no phones allowed in school, we had to wait until we got home to see tv and only for a few hours and only a few moments in the morning. Now it’s unavoidable..screens are everywhere in vehicles, phones, restaurants, malls, stores, attractions, it is unavoidable now and dangerous for EVERYONE
Can we, as parents, write to Departument of Education requesting reduction/removal of ipad in the classroom and homework times?!
I already got my kids school to stop last week.
Just arrange a meeting with the school, bring solid evidence and what you'd want as an outcome, and show you want to work with them not against them.
Also got them to stop using the tv for videos too. They're literally babies and even they're cutting corners at school.
I'm working with the head teacher to make extensive changes to the curriculum, and seeking an answer from the curriculum team as to why they've somehow not known the damages despite it being proven over and over for the past 10 years and more.
Really? To those conservatives? They only conserve the status quo…
Theyr not talking about this in cali rn thats forsure. Weird how it ended up on my algo..
They only did the basics to prove that brain atrophy is possible because of a lack of intelligent interaction. That would be true for ALL pass times in existence. They failed the testing.
like a young chess nerd that never learn to interact with other people will maybe be a champion one day but will be brainrot socially and physically.
@mikescorpio13 Chess is a great example because it assumes intelligence when it actually only proves dedication.
@mikescorpio13 Dedication is a bad thing for social media or it's content. Like a chess player sacrificing parts of his life to be more dedicated to chess. Your brain will sacrifice parts of itself to be more dedicated to online brain rot.
It's all by design, to dumb the population down.
I think it was a “happy coincidence” for the right wing of government and big corporations.
With an added location tracker. No one would voluntarily put on an ankle monitor everyday but we gladly take our smartphones everywhere we go. I have a full panic attack if I misplace mine for longer than 5 minutes. I can't imagine being a kid and having to deal with that kind of brain chemistry. Being a kid in an analog world was hard enough, but I dont think I could handle being a kid today.
I know I've seen a lot of talk regarding the "dead stare" the younger generations have; perhaps it is this:
Their brains are literally not as developed, and actually damaged, from the large amounts of time they are spending on screens.
Respectfully disagree
@countryaf1can you elaborate why?
Yes, that is what’s happening.
the dead stare is from the state of the world and loss of hope for the future
@contractprobecause I have 3 kids and if ever saw a "dead stare" I'd rush them to emergency
Did you know that you need x/y axis descriptors for statistics to be understandable?
These charts don’t specify definitions, units, denominators, sampling, or sources. So you can’t tell whether the trends reflect real incidence changes or shifts in reporting, diagnosis, coding, or survey wording which makes them easy to misinterpret.
Kids spending less time with friends (2+ times a week) seems to be about a drop of almost 20%. I agree, they shouldn't hide the data to convince us even in cases it's not in favor of their narrative. I didn't look at other data but that's at least one of them.
Daily avg time 15-24 yo from 130min in 2010 to 45min in 2020
I'm heavily assuming the charts where made by the video editors and not the reserchers, that's why they're so bad
What about tv? I used to watch cartoons everyday after school for 3 hours while doing homework. I think there's more to it.
Yeah, somebody else had mentioned this on the post. What about all of the laptops a computer computers that they use in the school schools imagine eight hours a day that’s crazy.
Devices can be great when used correctly.
Sounds like a lot of 'might's' and trumped correlations to me. If it was legit the studies would be linked. This is fear mongering for clicks, just like they did for TV, Gaming, music and a bunch of other crapola found by so called research scientists.
Sad that this isn't the top comment
Gen Z and Alpha are lost generations. The greatest way to improve brain function and structure is to learn and play a musical instrument.
My daughter is GenZ and I will tell you she is not lost. She is highly intelligent and is well above her years. She picked up the clarinet in 6th grade and was moved from basic clarinet to advanced classes in 2 weeks. She also taught herself guitar and bass. Not all are lost.
Or sing in choir
Then how are kids smarter than ever? Screens don't make them Dumber just makes them less social
@BrownShadesCTRL ?
@Siege-54I know teachers from grade school through college who’ve been teaching for decades. These kids are absolutely not smarter.
Are they also looking at the diet of what these kids are eating?
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Of course nobody talks about that…supplementation is very important as they are picky eaters at a young age
@JJAce51829 yeah, I also suspect it's the lack of sleep. But I've seen what kids watch on their pads, and how it makes them react, so it's probably more to do with the content.
Probably a lot of sugar, carbs, high processed foods and lots of omega 6 fatty acids, if not hardened fatty acids. Normal western diet btw.
This is why I am curious of the sample size and where they came from. Too often they're isolated groups of people. And sure their might be truth to the video but I completely agree with you that often times the kids who are addicted to screens suffer from poor diet too. And it's a vicious cycle for those kids because with poor diet comes struggle to pay attention and an overload of energy the kids cannot regulate, which makes it harder for parents to break the cycle and are more likely to give in. And it's sad because unfortunately many parents just... don't understand this. At all.
this makes so much sense! ive been off work for 1 month due to an injured shoulder and my phone time has increased. what has also increased is my anxiety!!! it came out of nowhere and made me feel like everything wasnt real!! definitely because i was “living” through my phone screen 🤦🏽♀️ wow!!
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Who else watched this on their screen? Haha
Can't really watch it anywhere else. We're not telepathic yet.
@SysterYster Actually it came to me in a dream.
@tropicaljupiter 😂
Steve Job’s legacy 📱
He wouldn't let his own children use the devices he created. Then he left them fatherless at 56.
The rates of kids diagnosed with Autism also skyrocketed in 2010. Kids with increased white matter and decreased myolin tend to have Autism. There have been several large studies about this in the past 5 years.
Lol. Claiming that screens causes autism is next level ignorance. More people being diagnosed does not mean it's a bad thing, it could be the result of a well informed population...
I think additional vaccines were added around that time. I don't think screen time causes autism although autistic kids are most at risk of screen addictions.
i kid you not i was taken MRI scan in 2021 and it went to "wrong address" , "then came back, and was sent again" , this took 5 weeks total. Finland REALLY shady
It's ironic how all of these creato4s of such technogy won't allow their kids to use them. A lot of them even send their kids to schools where there are no computers and cell phones are not allowed