Increase in Teen Myopia (Near-Sightedness) Blamed on Electronics and Screens
By B.N. Frank The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, and other health experts have provided parents with many different reasons to reduce kids’…
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Hackers Could Steal Personal Info By “Listening” To Your Keyboard, Alarming Study Finds
By John Anderer As if you needed another cybersecurity issue to worry about, a team of researchers at Southern Methodist University have discovered that it…
Are You Willing To Surrender Your Brain To Superpower Computers? That Matrix IS Real!
By Catherine J. Frompovich There is such a thing as “bio algorithms”! Can we handle that fact and the answers? Are you, dear reader, willing…
AMA and American Academy of Pediatrics Both Have Warned Screens Can Cause Obesity, Insomnia, Anxiety, Depression in Teens
By B.N. Frank For anyone who still thinks kids “glued” to screens is cute or normal, on November 17, 2017, The American Medical Association (AMA)…
Why Are Schools Still Blinding Kids with VR Goggles When Experts Including American Academy of Pediatrics Warn About Blue Light and Radiation Exposure?
“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…