How old should a child be before getting their first cell phone? There's only one correct answer if you want them to lead happier, more successful lives, says Yale University psychology professor
"I think the more we can hold off on giving kids technology — the longer, the better," Santos, the professor behind Yale'sspend just under five hours a day glued to their phones, and teenagers rack up nearly eight hours of screen time per day, That screen time is seldom used for creative activities like coding or making digital art. Rather, young people spend most of their phone time on social media or watching videos, Common Sense head of research Michael Robb wrote inJust the sheer number of notifications a child might get from social media — probably more than than their parents do — can be overwhelming, says Santos."Teenagers are getting on the order of 200 notifications from their phones today," she says.
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