The earlier you give your kids a smartphone, the worse it may be for their mental health, a new study warns.
May 18, 2023 – America’s fascination and dependence on smartphones seems to know no end – and if you think it’s common for kids to be staring at their screens as much as adults do, you’re right. Several studies have found that more kids are using smartphones and similar digital devices and at younger ages.
Their goals are “to uncover the root causes so that we can identify appropriate preventative strategies that can reverse the trend.” “For females, other dimensions such as mood and outlook and adaptability and resilience also improved steeply” in those who got their first smartphone at older ages. Notably, problems with suicidal thoughts, feelings of aggression toward others, a sense of being detached from reality, and hallucinations “declined most steeply and significantly” with older age of first smartphone ownership for females, and for males as well, but to a lesser degree.Katerina Voci, a 17-year-old senior at St.
Also, “there’s still teasing and bullying online that can affect mental health. It’s easier to engage in bullying when you’re hidden behind a screen because there’s less accountability than if you were in person,” she said. She calls social behavior “complex,” noting that it “needs to be learned and practiced for us to get good at it and build relationships.” But today’s kids aren’t getting enough social practice, “so they struggle in the social world. Social activity on the internet is not the same [as in-person socializing] because it both distorts reality and eliminates a lot of the modes of communication like eye contact, mirroring of body language, touch, and olfaction that are crucial for human bonding.
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