Kids’ phone addiction “very much mirrors all the diagnostic features of an actual addiction,” psychologist Nicholas Kardaras said of screen-withdrawal meltdowns including students peppe… ...

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Kids are so into their phones that a 2023 Common Sense Media study found that teens picked up and checked their phone at a median rate of 51 times per day—and as much as 498 times per day.

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That study says 20 percent of kids in this country between the ages of 6 and 11 own a cell phone, an increase of almost 12 percent since 2005. The biggest increase was among 10- to 11-year-olds ...

The scene in classrooms around the country is similar: Kids are on their phones, even when school rules forbid it. Teachers say they see students on Snapchat, listening to music and even watching ...

97% of kids use their phones during the school day. Getty Images/iStockphoto. Overnight phone use was primarily spent engaging with the same media, although YouTube appeared to be the longest ...

The scene in classrooms around the country is similar: Kids are on their phones, even when school rules forbid it. Teachers say they see students on Snapchat, listening to music and even watching ...

A phone holder hangs in a classroom at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the ...