Screen time can damage under-twos’ long-term health and development, landmark study suggests

The new study, however, lays bare a wide range of potential harms associated with screen time for babies, including reduced opportunities to bond with parents and caregivers, less time for physical play with other children and limited language development. 

It says screen use at such a young age may increase overstimulation and difficulty sleeping, and have implications for eye health and childhood obesity. There are also concerns that infants are turning to digital devices for comfort and soothing, rather than to a parent...

 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/27/screen-time-damage-under-twos-development-study

Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time and mental health

Chatterjee, who is involved with campaign organisation Close Screens Open Minds over the proliferation of "ed tech" in schools, believes the legal age for using social media should be 18, as with gambling and access to pornography. "As a society, we have safeguards in place to protect children," Chatterjee says. "At the moment, we are in the middle of a widespread experiment that no one consciously signed up to."…

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/16/dr-rangan-chatterjee-interview-screen-time-mental-health-banning-social-media-18-podcaster

 

If you’re going to put your preschooler in front of a screen, choose a TV. Here’s why

…for every hour of daily television that a child aged 0-3 watches, the child's risk of developing attention problems consistent with ADHD increases by 9%…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/09/if-youre-going-to-put-your-preschooler-in-front-of-a-screen-choose-a-tv-heres-why

Is your child addicted to screens? Here's what you can do about it - The Conversation US

It is possible for teenagers to be addicted to screen-time activities such as video gaming. It is also possible for parents to do something about it....
https://theconversation.com/is-your-child-addicted-to-screens-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it-118316

I Used Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time (and It Worked!) - The New York Times

Apple's new parental controls cut a teenager's iPhone use in half. It wasn't as effective on our personal tech columnist. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/technology/personaltech/apple-iphone-screen-time.html