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Are phones an important educational tool or a distraction?

Brittney told US TV host Dr Phil that her daughter would spend up to 13 hours a day on her smartphone, and she wouldn't shower or wash her hair because of her social media addiction.

Fears for school students left to their own devices We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Four in five schoolchildren, some from as young as four years old, own at least one digital device and almost a third are allowed to take them to bed every night. Parents say they find their children’s digital habits harder to govern once they own a device, and two-thirds of those studied said that trying to negotiate this usage led to conflict, the study by the Gonski Institute for Education at the University of NSW found.

Is growing up immersed in screens damaging our children? Far from technology being harmful for children, some thinkers argue that it is actively beneficial, teaching them the social skills we fear they are losing.  In April 2019, eight months before the emergence of the new virus that would upend our lives, the World Health Organisation declared children under five should spend no more than one hour a day looking at screen-based technology.  Nearly two years and one pandemic later, screens have become an integral part our lives. We have spent this crisis working, learning, relaxing...

The social media and you need to know at 11 your kids-- ments how local newscasters are. >> i've looked at the data and research and find that kids of this younger generation, higher iq, 6 to 7 points higher than the general rakes before them and process information much more quickly, text messages, social media, jumping into an article and this is all evidence. you can look it up, reason don prescott's great book, growing up digital. i don't buy that the kids have all the issues. >> i think it's refreshing to be with my family and put the phone away. rarely do i do it. >> it's difficult to to...