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Igel

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16. I'm around a lot of kids.

Reply to kcr (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 04:39 PM

Oct 2018

I find, from listening to hundreds of kids' conversation and excuse making that increased screen time comes at the expense of

(1) study time at home and paying-attention time in class;

(2) sleep.

Many things aren't a zero-sum game; the amount of time in a day is fixed, so the more screen time the less time there is for other things.

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Study: Limiting kids' screen time improves brain function [View all] Novembrist Oct 2018 OP

Adults too, no doubt. NT enough Oct 2018 #1

It's actually zentrum Oct 2018 #2

I Feel This Way RobinA Oct 2018 #3

Not to mention zentrum Oct 2018 #13

Agree I have often thought that esp when with adults who have thier noses in thier phone. They lunasun Oct 2018 #5

Especially. zentrum Oct 2018 #14

Apparently, the editors at US Today could use some more screen time. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #4

Why is this focused only on screens, when getting enough sleep seems to have a similar effect? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #6

Because the editor giving the words a title Igel Oct 2018 #15

Not that I think it's a bad thing to be mindful of screen time kcr Oct 2018 #7

What specifically leads you to suspect the effect of screen time has been weighted? LanternWaste Oct 2018 #9

I'm around a lot of kids. Igel Oct 2018 #16

K & R. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #8

Every time I see small children being entertained on mommy's cell phone I want to scream kimbutgar Oct 2018 #10

Really? So you judge them based on the 10 minutes EllieBC Oct 2018 #18

What about you when you were young did your mother give you a cell phone to be entertained? kimbutgar Oct 2018 #19

No she let me fuss. Or when I was older I remember her quite loudly EllieBC Oct 2018 #23

I'm a teacher it's easier to let a disruptive kid be on the internet than deal won't them kimbutgar Oct 2018 #24

quote from the study: scipan Oct 2018 #11

A lot of schools are using iPads instead of books NickB79 Oct 2018 #12

One clever researcher decided to Igel Oct 2018 #17

Use of ipads and computers is cleverly embedded in requirements for getting a teaching credential diva77 Oct 2018 #20

At my son's school they all have their own Chromebooks. Luciferous Oct 2018 #22

I wonder what the long term effects are on their eyes as well TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #21