Screen time has ‘little impact on teen well-being,’ an Oxford study shows. But parents and health experts tell MarketWatch that they’re still concerned.
While about two-thirds of parents in a recent Pew survey say that they are concerned about their teens spending too much time in front of screens, new research from the University of Oxford assures that screen time — even before bed — has little impact on teen well-being.
The impact of screen time on teenagers in this Oxford study was so small, in fact, that the report claimed adolescents “would need to report 63 hours and 31 minutes more of technology use a day in their time-use diaries” to lower their well-being enough for them to notice. “Screen time itself does not have a huge effect on well-being — it’s what we do with our screens,” he explained. “There are so many different kinds of screen experiences, and they’re not all equal.”
And some parents still have concerns. Prince Harry told a group of mental health experts on Thursday that social media is “more addictive than alcohol and drugs.” He also decreed that the hit video game Fortnite “shouldn’t be allowed” because it’s “an addiction to keep you in front of a computer for as long as possible.
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