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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not saying excessive screens causes it, but I do feel like it’s making it worse. And the kids who are “harder to deal with” get way more screen time than “easier” children. Even at the school where I teach, it’s extremely common for a child with an IEP to receive screen time as a “reward” for meeting a daily goal (either for behavior, or completing an undesired task, etc.) I hate it but it’s up to the resource teacher.[/quote]
Wow. I know this site loves to go into hysterics about "screens", but this is quite the reach.[/quote]

Everything but the first sentence (an opinion) is a statement of fact, at least at the public elementary school where I teach.[/quote]

DP.  I am also a teacher.  I agree 100% with this.

The U.S. Surgeon Generals recent report on the youth mental health crisis confirms that screens are a huge part of the problem.

Huge.

The mounting evidence is overwhelmingly negative on screens and the youthful brain.

It is an epidemic. And it’s not being addressed.[/quote]

I agree (DP here). But in this case, the child needed help and the parents laughed it off and failed him. Then gave him a gun.

[b]As far as the screens - it is a reasonable presumption that the parents are paying for those screens, and it is perfectly fine to revoke them from your child at any time, especially if that is the "best" use of their day.  Be the parent.[/b]  Some parents are so depressed and checked out, they have given up. It seems the case here. [/quote]

So true!!  You are one of the good parents, who understand this simple fact.

Some here will undoubtably disagree, but I remind DD all the time:

- it is not your phone; it is my phone. I pay the bills, I signed the contract, and I can take my phone away whenever I see fit.  She, in turn, is very responsible.

PP I like the way you characterize parents as just “checked out.”  It is sadly true and common.  Many in this generation are being raised by TikTok and Instagram.

No wonder there is an epidemic of mental illness according to the Surgeon General.[/quote]

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