How Do Smartphones Affect Childhood Psychology

Studies have shown screen overuse affects children's sleep patterns and prevents them from getting up to walk around or play. In addition, in 2018, researchers looked at elementary school kids and discovered a link between more screen usage and behavioral difficulties like conduct issues, hyperactivity, and inattention.

As children get older, they gain a deeper awareness of who they are, how others see them, and how they fit into the social systems in their environment yet, if teenagers place an excessive amount of value on social media or take in an excessive amount of the "wrong" messages online, their sense of self may be distorted or deformed.

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