screen time
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Development Delays Linked to Babies With Excessive Screen Time, U.S. Study Finds
Babies’ and toddlers’ access to more screen time could lead to developmental risks, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association of Pediatrics (JAMA) on Monday. The study, conducted by researchers in Japan looked at the amount of time 7,097 children spent on tablets, phones, watching TV, or using…
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Google Releases Experimental Paper Phone And I Kinda Love It
Last week Google announced five open-sourced digital wellbeing experiments to “help people find a better balance with technology.” As it turns out, there’s a sixth experiment called Paper Phone. While my natural reaction was to scoff at the idea, I found myself nodding along to the video alarmingly fast.
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Report: Screen-Time App Developers Say Apple Is Systematically Kicking Them Off App Store
Apple has removed or imposed restrictions on at least 11 out of the 17 most downloaded screen-time and parental control apps on the App Store, the New York Times reported on Saturday, as it implemented its own screen-time tracker in iOS—a move that has threatened the viability of some of the companies involved and may…
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Screens Might Not Be Ruining Kids’ Sleep After All
There is such a thing as spending too much time glued to a screen, whether it’s your TV, smartphone, or computer. But a study out of the University of Oxford in the UK suggests that the effects of screen time on kids’ sleeping habits aren’t as dramatic as often assumed. Every hour of screen time…