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Ep. 246: Kids and Phones

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The Negative Connection Between Smartphones and Mental Health

A consensus is emerging in the field that yes, especially for girls, there is a strong negative connection between these technologies and mental health. We have multiple different types of threads that all begin to weave around the same answer. The teachers themselves are saying, yeah, this is why we're more anxious and depressed. This app, these phones, other data began to find the same thing.

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