Too young to scroll? French panel calls for curbs on screen time for youth • FRANCE 24 English

Concerns over "too much screen time" for youngsters are nothing new. In pre-internet days, young people sometimes saw their TV viewing curtailed as a punishment. But it's now been three decades since mobile phones went mainstream, and nearly two since the advent of the tablet and the smartphone. Many teachers and psychiatrists link long hours of scrolling and exposure to violent and pornographic images, as well as cyberbullying, anxiety and sleep deprivation among a generation whose attention span has shrunk.
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[@dancolcer9126]

My generation had the cycles of around 3 minutes attention span thanks to MTV videos, today the Tik-Tok generation is reduced to just 3 seconds. China wants your kids to be distracted..again and again.

[@maxheadrom3088]

A single hour a day and he could only watch the BBC!

[@dhickey5919]

Has childhood addiction in any other facet of life turned out to be a good thing?