Dean Burnett (that brains guy)Jan 4, 2025

What Smartphones are doing to kids' mental health is NOT terrifying (no matter what a child psychiatrist says)

https://theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/what-smartphones-are-doing-to-kids

My response to the Guardian's latest 'Phones are destroying the children!!' article. As ever, it's... problematic

#Phones #screens #brains #wellbeing #kids #mentalhealth #BadScience #Misinformation

What Smartphones are doing to kids' mental health is NOT terrifying (no matter what a child psychiatrist says)

The Guardian has done another shoddy article about why smartphones are definitely bad. But what's really 'terrifying' is how many apparent experts are so keen to join in with them.

The Neuroscience of Everyday Life
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@Garwboy

Yeah, if the kids stop using their portable computing devices we'll have to deal with them. No one wants that!

And what kids read books these days? They have 20 somethings online to tell them how to talk back to their parents.

I also wonder if people realize there is a group of people encroaching 60 years of age that have been online since their childhood. Could they offer some insight? No, no, let's ignore that.

Jan 4, 2025 at 1:54pmWeb