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“ScreenTime: Diane Sawyer Reporting” Covers Some Issues Associated With Screen Use, While Screen Time Colorado Covers The Whole Kit & Kaboodle (Blue Light, Radiation, etc.)
By B.N. Frank Last night, ABC aired a 2-hour special with Diane Sawyer documenting the impact of screen time, technology, and social media on families….
WHO Says No Screen Exposure for Babies Under 1 Year Old. Kids Under 5 Should Have No More Than 1 Daily Hour of “Sedentary Screen Time.”
By B.N. Frank From The Washington Post: The answer, according to WHO, is never for children in their first year of life and rarely in…
Federal Research Says Screens Harm Kids’ Brains. 60+ Experts Featured at Free Online Workshop about “Digital Dementia”
By B.N. Frank Silicon Valley parents (aka tech inventors) have been limiting their own kids’ use of screens for many years while tech companies have…
NBC Reports AGAIN About More Research Linking Social Media to Mental Health Disorders in Teens
By B.N. Frank The most heartbreaking part of this NBC segment may be at the end of the video when Savannah Sellers references a comment…
“60 Minutes” Features Starting Kids on Screens in Kindergarten within Months of Segment on $300M Federal Study on Kids’ Brains At Risk From Screens
By B.N. Frank Activist Post is one of many media outlets who have reported about Silicon Valley (aka tech parents) sending their kids to “low-tech”…
Toddlers and Screens: More Than 1 Hour a Day Can Cause Developmental Delays and Have Lasting Effects on Attention, Language, Memory, Social and Motor Skills
By B.N. Frank The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has a long history of advising against kids’ excessive use of screens as well as exposure…
“60 Minutes” Covers Lawyers Who Sued Big Tobacco (and Won) Suing Big Pharma on Opioids. When Will It Big Tech’s Turn for Kids and Screen Addiction?
By B.N. Frank Earlier this week, 60 Minutes aired a segment about lawyers suing pharmaceutical companies and distributors for their role in creating the national…
Fox News Covers “60 Minutes” Segment On Kids And Screens: “Kids’ Brains Are Being Damaged”
By B.N. Frank Tucker Carson and psychotherapist and author Tom Kersting had an intense 3-minute discussion about the recent CBS 60 Minutes segment on research…
Is There a Link Between Tech Addiction Among Teens and Public Policy?
Op-Ed by Chloe Anagnos Technology has made everybody’s lives better, creating opportunities for entrepreneurs in medicine, manufacturing, and any other field you can imagine. But…
CBS 60 Minutes “Extra” Segment Reveals Research Confirming That “Toddlers Need Laps More Than Apps”
By B.N. Frank Activist Post published an article yesterday about the recent CBS 60 Minutes segment covering a $300M federal study being conducted to find…
MIT Scientists Are Using A Biological Virus To Make Computers Faster
By Mac Slavo Scientists working for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are using a biological virus to help computers work much faster. When your computer stores data,…
CBS “60 Minutes” Reports on $300M Federal Study on American Kids’ Brains Being Compromised by Screens
By B.N. Frank Activist Post and sister publication, Natural Blaze, have reported many times about research already proving that kids are being harmed by screen…
NPR on “Fortnite” Video Game Addiction in Kids and Adults: Same Heartbreaking Stories – Different Day.
By B.N. Frank Yesterday NPR’s “On Point” featured an interview with four experts about a popular video game: “‘Fortnite’ Reaches New Level Of Video Game…