James Laughlin reports seeing children use devices five to seven hours daily. Heavy screen time conditions kids to expect constant stimulus, damaging their ability to focus on single tasks and threatening future relationships and work performance.
"Upwards of five, even seven hours a day."
And to the parents who use devices, as, you know, child minding devices. And it's maybe I've seen upwards of five, even seven hours a day where a kid's consistently on this device. What advice do you have for them in terms of what they're doing for that child's future?
You're creating a person that is really going to struggle to focus on one thing because there's so much stimulus coming in. And so we're just adaptive machines. Right. And so if you're looking at all this constant stimulus coming in, how are you going to hold your focus on one thing? And, you know, not being able to focus is terrible.
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For everything. And being able to focus unlocks your creativity. So there's so many ripple on effects. And I think you're also going to create a very agitated individual.
