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Rethinking Smartphones and Mental Health
This chapter examines the complex relationship between smartphone use and children's mental health, critiquing simplistic narratives in popular literature. It highlights the mixed evidence surrounding screen time and mental health, emphasizing the challenges in measurement and methodology. Additionally, the chapter questions the validity of attributing depressive symptoms solely to social media usage, suggesting a more nuanced understanding is necessary.