Parenta, You May Want To Read These 22 Stories From Teachers About Kids Who Have Too Much Screen Time

"While screens aren't exactly new - I mean, almost everyone's grown up watching television - they're not quite the same as they used to be, either."

""30 years ago you didn't have a TV in your pocket that you could play video games on, and have an ever-present social square.""

""Inability to separate from a device without melting down. Inability to socialize appropriately with adults or other children. Lower academic performance. Sleepy. Unable to regulate emotions. Developmentally behind in general.""

Portable screens have turned television into a handheld medium that mixes gaming and constant social connectivity. Handheld devices act as an ever-present social square and alter how children interact with media and peers. Reported negative outcomes include difficulty separating from devices, meltdowns, impaired socialization with adults and other children, and lower academic performance. Sleepiness and weakened emotion regulation are common, alongside broader developmental delays. These patterns mark a notable shift in childhood experience compared with eras dominated by stationary television.

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