Teens and Screens—The Research

Thanks to a Common Sense Media study, you now have hard data to confront the fact that teens spend a lot of time on screens. After you remove homework time, tweens spend 4 hours and 44 minutes a day on streaming and social media, and teens spend 7 hours and 22 minutes. Is this a bad thing? It depends on what they consume online and how they feel offline. Your teen will follow your digital lead, so be a good role model, set screen-time rules together, and monitor content.

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