OPINION: Children today are facing a mental health crisis. Smartphones are making it worse
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2022
I am a dad of two teenage sons, the only ones in their respective grades without smartphones. Today’s teens spend up to nine hours a day on screens or smartphones, while children ages 8 to 12 are on for four to six hours, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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