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| Excessive Internet Use Disrupts Key Parts Of The Teenage Brain |
| 2024-08-06 |
| [ZH] The internet drives news cycles and touches practically every aspect of our lives—from communicating with friends and family to finding a job. The current crop of teens is unique from any previous generation in that they are immersed in a virtual world that can present very differently from reality. Many teens have become addicted to it. A 2023 Statista survey found that U.S. teenagers spent an average of 4.8 hours on social media platforms every day, with girls spending an average of 5.3 hours compared to 4.4 hours for boys. “Being as excessive and addictive screen use is routinely listed as one of parents’ biggest concerns for children, I think it’s overdue that we start educating children as early as possible about the dangers of unhealthy and mindless screen use,” Anthony Anzalone, a clinical psychologist at Stony Brook Medicine, told The Epoch Times. Yeah, yeah. And they put alar on apples to give you cancer. And we gotta worry about Golly. I'm so alarmed. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 the dangers of unhealthy and mindless screen use You mean educators going purely electronic and questions all being multiple choice? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-08-06 16:51 |
| #2 television screen time That'll make you near-sighted! Just do it until you need glasses. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-06 13:32 |
| #1 Being as excessive and addictive screen use is routinely listed as one of parents’ biggest concerns for children, Back in my ute they were concerned about television screen time. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-08-06 12:35 |