What Does To Much Screen Time Do To Children’s Brains?

What Does To Much Screen Time Do To Children’s Brains?

Dr Peter Whybrow, director of neuroscience at UCLA, calls screen use ''electronic cocaine'. Nicholas Kardaras PH.D, author of Glow Kids, thinks “we've allowed this virtual drug to slip into homes and classrooms of our youngest and most vulnerable, seemingly oblivious to any negative effects.”

Tristan Harris, a former Google ‘design ethicist’ explains that the most seductive technology exploits the same psychological susceptibility that makes gambling so addictive.

This visually appealing aspect of digital screens is what, worryingly, may make them even harder for children to resist.

Kardaras points out that China has identified Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) as “its number-one health crisis, with more than 20 million Internet-addicted teens, and South Korea has opened 400 tech addiction rehab facilities.”

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