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Raising Indistractable Kids with Nir Eyal

Minds and Mics

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Is There a Problem With Kids in Technology or Social Media?

Most kids, the data seem to show, are not being kind of dramatically affected by access to technology and social media. But for those who do tend to spend an inordinate amount of time with their technology, you know, in front of screens, that sort of thingim, i'm curious about what we know there. Studies find that three hours or of extra curricular screen time has no diletarious effects. There 's like a j curve that if kids get too little screen time, that actually shows some diletars effects. And then, of course, if they have too much, that has some bad effects as well. It's not just about how much time spent on

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