How does screen time affect the teenage brain?
www.foxnews.com/opinion/dr-siegel-screen-time-and-the-serious-harm-it-is-doing-to-our-teens
Here are some articles you can use to help write your essay. Disclaimer* Just because it is listed here, does not mean that it is a good source or even a source by a reputable organization. As always, check who or what organization writes the article. Is the source credible? Is it a true source?
https://www.livescience.com/57826-screen-time-teens.html
m.kidshealth.org/en/parents/screentime-teens.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/07/542016165/how-smartphones-are-making-kids-unhappy
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/teens-unlikely-to-be-harmed-by-moderate-digital-screen-use.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/19/502610055/heavy-screen-time-rewires-young-brains-for-better-and-worse
https://www.studyfinds.org/study-screen-time-technology-teens-depression/
https://mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/are-video-games-and-screens-another-addiction
http://www.lifehack.org/495824/4-ways-to-help-your-teenage-kids-manage-screen-time
https://www.scripps.org/news_items/4688-do-your-kids-spend-too-much-time-in-front-of-a-screen
http://www.kunc.org/post/yes-too-much-screen-time-bad-your-kids-says-new-cu-boulder-research-review
http://www.mottchildren.org/posts/your-child/kids-and-digital-media
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/evening-screen-time-can-sabotage-sleep
http://wksu.org/post/poor-posture-and-depression-top-list-hazards-screen-time#stream/0
https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/19/teens-are-sleep-deprived-and-screens-are-why-study-suggests-11989
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20130904/video-game-may-erase-effects-of-aging-on-the-brain#1
www.cbsnews.com/news/kids-get-too-much-screen-time-cdc/
NEW! 12/18 www.foxnews.com/opinion/dr-siegel-screen-time-and-the-serious-harm-it-is-doing-to-our-teens
NEW! 11/19 www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/mris-show-screen-time-linked-to-lower-brain-development-in-preschoolers
Video
www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/health/screen-time-media-rules-children-aap/index.html
www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/teens-tweens-media-screen-use-report/index.html
Teen Screentime Affect Sleep? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9rSAqvdwKc
NEW! 12/18 www.cbsnews.com/news/groundbreaking-study-examines-effects-of-screen-time-on-kids-60-minutes/
Audio
Listen to the PBS broadcast, "The drug-like effect of screen time on the teenage brain." (You may also read the transcript with a click of a button on the screen.)
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Here is the video of this report.
2018 Update:
www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/phones-children-silicon-valley.html
www.lifehack.org/359657/how-screen-time-affects-your-kids-brain
www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/screen-time-does-not-disrupt-childrens-sleep-new-study-finds-311421
health.usnews.com/health-care/for-better/articles/2018-11-07/is-digital-media-bad-for-babies-developing-brains
Apple Screen Time
support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/08/23/we-tested-apples-new-screen-time-parental-controls-first-came-tears-then-frustration/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dfb02d445c8a