Studies Shoot Down Tech’s Harmful Effects on Kids – So Now What?

A 2017 study in Child Development found “little or no support for harmful links between digital screen use and young people’s psychological well-being.” That’s not all: A new study in Nature Human Behaviour, which looked at data from more than 350,000 adolescents, also found that digital tech use mattered little to kids’ well-being. I suspect a more optimistic story about the place of digital devices in our lives would better serve our children: Consider that we use trendy technological metaphors to describe human nature—you’re hardwired for social connection; the adolescent brain is programmed to take risks.

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