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The Surprising Amount of Time Kids Spend Looking at Screens - The Atlantic

Deryck Hodge

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The Surprising Amount of Time Kids Spend Looking at Screens - The Atlantic

I think this is only surprising if you’re naive or not around any real kids. My other thought is that I wonder how many adults only spend 2 hours a day looking at screens?

Like games and TV before them, setting arbitrary limits for phone or tablet use seems pointless to me. Sure, doing nothing all day but playing on a device is bad for anyone, but every person is different. Humanity is more adaptable and resilient than we realize.

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