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Axios: Screens are poisoning kids' minds
American children are isolated, depressed, and significantly more suicidal thanks to excessive amounts of time spent on smartphones. As the popularity of the smartphone reached the masses at the end of the 2000s with the release of the iPhone, a litany of new social data points spell trouble for children and teenagers with unfettered smartphone access:
US adolescent depression rates rose by more than 50% from 2010 to 2019.
Suicide rates for children between 10 and 14 tripled between 2007 and 2021.
US high school girls who had considered suicide jumped from 19% in 2011 to 30% in 2021.
Time: The average teen spends 4.8 hours per day on social apps like TikTok or Instagram while teenage girls average nearly 5.3 hours.
Connection: As screen time consumption went up, connection with friends went down. Kids and teens saw friends on average three times per week before smartphones. Now they average less than 1.5 visits per week.