Robert Whitfield MD argues excessive screen time alters kids' adrenal systems and metabolism. He distinguishes between intentional family viewing and solitary scrolling, linking the latter to worsening mental health and lost community connection.
This is causing a massive change in our adrenal system. And this is going to ultimately cause more toxin holding. It's going to cause more metabolic change as children get older. It actually really concerns me so when it comes to things like Netflix. So I think intention is important. I think if you're bored and you're scrolling through something and just watching screens just to keep yourself entertained for a long period of time, it can have a real detrimental effect. I think there's also some fun though. Like I love to get together with my family, you know, make dinner and we have a movie night. Right. But we're spending time together in a community. So watching a movie together on Netflix in a, in a community environment is very different than me sitting by myself in my room on my phone, you know, scrolling through YouTube and Netflix and just watching stuff just cuz. Right. So I think intention matters and, and I think the technology, unfortunately, we're losing a lot of community and we're losing a lot of connection with each other and connection with ourselves. One of the things that happened to me, long story short, is after losing my parents, very, you know, they were fairly young and going through a lot of grief, I found myself in a real significant depression and it was really hard to get out of my.
