Research linking smartphones and the effect they have on mental development among children. It also discusses how difficult it is for a single family to solve because non-phone children are surrounded by phone kids, so they also deal with mental health issues due to loneliness. Recommends we make changes together as a society.

Recommendations

1. No smart phones before high school (9th year)

2. No social media before 16

3. Phone-free schools

4. More independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world

https://stacker.news/items/474291

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