Exactly how much time is too much for children?

According to a new study published in Preventive Medicine, children diagnosed with depression or anxiety are more than twice as likely to suffer from depression or anxiety as users who only use them An hour a day. Reports.

This is troubling since so many children now spend a lot of time looking at devices all day long. The research for the study was conducted as part of the Census Bureau's 2016 National Child Health Survey, conducted by more than 40,000 children aged 2 to 17 years. The good news is that young children do not usually spend more than seven hours a day on the screen. But about 20% of 14-17 year olds do so and many reports suggest that teens check their social media feeds almost constantly, as the Pew Research Center noted.

And if you think the link between the time spent in front of a screen, depression and anxiety is scary The study also found that young people who spent at least seven hours a day on a screen (not counting school homework) were more easily distracted, less emotionally stable and had more difficulty completing their tasks and making friends. It is interesting to note that teens seemed to have more problems than younger ones because of heavy use of the screen.