Takeaways:

• As summer begins, many kids are spending more time on screens than ever before.
• The average child aged 8 to 12 is exposed to a staggering 5.5 hours of screen time daily.
• We often give our kids devices for a moment of peace, but at what cost to their health?
• The consequences of excessive screen time include lower reading levels and increased depression rates.
• It's alarming to realize that the technology we thought would help kids has led to worse outcomes.
• We have the power to change this trend and create a healthier environment for our children.

Links referenced in this episode:

• jamesabrown.net

Takeaways:

• As summer begins, many kids are spending more time on screens than ever before.
• The average child aged 8 to 12 is exposed to a staggering 5.5 hours of screen time daily.
• We often give our kids devices for a moment of peace, but at what cost to their health?
• The consequences of excessive screen time include lower reading levels and increased depression rates.
• It's alarming to realize that the technology we thought would help kids has led to worse outcomes.
• We have the power to change this trend and create a healthier environment for our children.

This is the Daily note from jamesabrown.net School is out and summer is starting for most children.

And that reminds me of one of the scariest stats I've heard recently.

According to Common Sense Media, Kids ages 8 to 12 average 5.5 hours of screen time a day.

Now, I'm not interested in blaming apps or algorithms, but they built something sticky.

That's what companies do.

But most kids didn't get that phone or tablet on their own.

We gave it to them because it bought us 20 minutes of quiet.

And we could text them when we don't know when they are, but the consequences are dire.

Lower reading levels, screen addiction, depression, to name a few things.

Their lives are increasingly worse.

We made it this way, and we can do better than this.

On that note, I'm James A.

Brown, and as always, be well.