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How Bad is Screen Time for Kids, Really?

Even most teens admit they get too much. But research on the ill effects is not conclusive.

Robert Roy Britt
6 min readApr 5, 2019

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Just before he turned 18, our youngest son deleted some social media apps from his iPhone and decided to spend more time doing things and less time watching people do things. He hasn’t given up his smartphone or his PS4, but suddenly he’s…

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Robert Roy Britt

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB