How Smartphones Are Hurting Our Kids’ Mental Health: ‘There’s Massive Evidence of Harm‘

https://lemmy.world/post/13814489

How Smartphones Are Hurting Our Kids’ Mental Health: ‘There’s Massive Evidence of Harm‘ - Lemmy.World

There is no science behind the claims in this article (and the book).

A scientists review

Not that this’ll stop people from buying into the false narrative and buying the book.

The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?

The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.

Massive evidence: authors’ feelings.

Science: none

Ah yes, we need special scientific evidence to figure out if playing outside with friends, fresh air and sunshine is better or worse than watching TikTok 5 hours a day.

Please, let’s do a study on this mystery.

“TV is bad for your eyes! You kids don’t go out and play anymore!”

“Video games are making you violent! You kids don’t go out any play anymore!”

“Phones are addictive! You kids don’t go out and play anymore!”

I assume you’re most likely under 80, so one of those three was said about you when you were a child.

Edit: If you are over 80, they said it about you listening to the radio.

If you can’t disambiguate between culture-war Christofascist fear-mongering and the actual prerequisites for human flourishing, you are as fucked in the head as any lead-addled boomer.
Which one of those is an actual prerequisite for human flourishing? Radio, TV, video games or phones? And which ones do you refuse to use because they are stopping you from flourishing? Apparently you’re okay with the internet.
This question is so goddamn moronic I’m not going to answer you. Get an education, you fucking boomer.