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Smartphones may be beneficial to children – if they avoid social media
A survey of more than 1500 children suggests that smartphones can be beneficial to their mental and social well-being – unless they start using social media. Justin Martin at the University of ...
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Phones aren’t always bad for kids. Social media does the real harm
The experts recommend that parents should discourage their children from posting frequently on social media, instead of taking away their phones. Another crucial recommendation is that kids should ...
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Dozens of States Weigh Cell Phone Bans as Attorneys General Sue Social Media for Addicting Children to Devices
Even as state after state bans cell phones in schools and social media sites are being sued for addicting children to their platforms, America’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy ...
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Teens, you deserve a life free from phones and social media. Here's how to get it.
Numerous signs point to phones and social media as potential culprits. "What is most worrying about these trends is how pervasive they are," Twenge told me. "They show up in the most serious ...
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Study: Kids With Smartphones Are Less Depressed, Anxious, Bullied Than Peers Without Them
No 'One-Size-Fits-All Answers' In another strike against smartphone alarmists, a group of international experts argued in The BMJ late last month that banning phones and/or social media for minors ...
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‘Adolescence’ writer wants social media ban for kids and no phones in schools
CREDIT: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage The writer behind Netflix hit Adolescence has said that children should be refused access to social media, as well as phones in school, in order to ...