July 18, 2024
Can reducing screen time to 3 hours improve children’s mental health?
A child taking pictures in the field using a smart phone. — Unsplash/File Reducing children’s screen time to just three hours a week can lead to significant improvements in their mental health, suggests a team of psychologists and mental health experts working with various institutions in Denmark. The team, which also works with a colleague from the UK, describes in the paper published in the journal JAMA Network Open how they conducted a randomized clinical trial involving 89 families and the impact of reducing screen time on electronic devices. Medical Xpress. Children who spend a long time using electronic devices,


