What are theIssues?
We know that smartphones and Social Media has negative effects on our children’s health and well-being. To back this up, we share the latest research.
Excessive smartphone use among young people has been associated with difficulties in cognitive-emotion regulation, impulsivity, impaired cognitive function, addiction to social networking, shyness, depression, loneliness, stress, social anxiety.
Data from over 125,000 children found that use of media devices causes sleep problems, including insufficient sleep time, reduced quality of sleep and daytime fatigue.
The performance of pupils at schools that had banned smartphone use experienced the equivalent of an extra week of education over an academic year.
An estimated one in four children and young people use their smartphones in a way that is consistent with a behavioural addiction.
Symptoms of depression, suicide risk factors and suicide rates among teens increased sharply in 2012, coinciding with the acceleration of smartphone ownership particularly among those younger generations.