Stop Trying to Ban Teens from the Internet
2 days ago
- #child development
- #technology effects
- #social media
- A social panic exists over smartphones and social media allegedly harming children.
- Australia recently banned social media for kids under 16 due to this hysteria.
- While there are some measurable harms from these technologies, rigorous studies show the effects are relatively small.
- A recent study found that each hour of daily video watching reduces a child's non-cognitive skills by 0.091 standard deviations on average.