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Smartphones, tablets causing mental health issues in kids as young as two
Smartphones, tablets causing mental health issues in kids as young as two
13 Nov, 2018 12:00pm
4 minutes to read
Children as young as two are developing mental health problems because of smartphones and tablets, scientists warn.
Just an hour a day staring at a screen can be enough to make children more likely to be anxious or depressed.
This could be making them less curious, less able to finish tasks, less
emotionally stable and lowering their self-control, the DailyMail reports.
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Although teenagers are most at risk from the damaging devices, children
under the age of 10 and toddlers' still-developing brains are also
being affected.
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But research shows 'zombie' children spend nearly five hours every day gawping at electronic devices.
Researchers from San Diego State University and the University of
Georgia say time spent on smartphones is a serious but avoidable cause
of mental health issues.
"Half of mental health
problems develop by adolescence," professors Jean Twenge and Keith
Campbell said. "There is a need to identify factors linked to mental
health issues that are [able to be changed] in this population, as most
are difficult or impossible to influence. How children and adolescents
spend their leisure time is [easier] to change."
Parents and teachers must cut the amount of time children spend online
or watching television while they're studying, socialising, eating or
even playing sport.
Professor Twenge said her study,
one of the biggest of its kind, backs the American Academy of
Pediatrics' established screen time limit – one hour per day for
children aged two to five.
It also suggests a similar limit – perhaps two hours – should be applied to school-aged children and adolescents, she added.
Military vetran walks across America to bring awareness to vetran suicide
Military veteran walks across America to bring awareness to veteran suicide
Military veteran Jimmy Novak
is walking 22 miles a day for 22 weeks to bring awareness to the 22
estimated veterans who commit suicide every day.
Posted: Jul 16, 2019 10:49 PM
Updated: Jul 17, 2019 10:10 AM
Speech to Text for Military veteran walks across America to bring awareness to veteran suicide
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miles... every day....for in 22 weeks... a veteran who has
served on a peacekeeping mission to kosovo and two combat tours to iraq
is spreading awareness of veteran suicide... by walking through
america. one of his stops here in north mississippi. wtva's taylor smith
joins us live in baldwyn where she has the latest on this mans
journey... emily we all know the movie forrest gump... and the quote "i
just felt like running" comes to mind in this story... in this case,
jimmy novak just feels like walking... and walking and walking... i am
at the american legion post 130 in baldwyn now where jimmy decided to
take a little break from all his walking to tell me his story... sot: "i
was inspired by a tribe of australia tradition of taking a walk as a
coming of age, and i was inspired by the holy men in the bible going out
into the wilderness to seek god and reflect and meditate..." jimmy
novak was inspired to make a difference to veterans all over america as
he was heading into retirement unsure of what he his next step was... so
he did what every one does... well maybe not everyone... sot: "i
pitched the idea to my wife that i wanted to take a little walk...and
she thought it was a great idea so here i am walking 3,000 miles in
support of veterans with ptsd and veteran suicide... after serving for
21 years, novak has had personal experience holding in these
struggles... he did not want others to do the same thing... sot: "i am
an anxious depressive, and i have had a couple of times where i have
struggled with suicidal thoughts myself, and i handled it all wrong i
kept in and went to work tried to act normal because i was afraid of
what people would think of me..." and now novak is walking 22 miles
every day for 22 weeks to honor the 22 estimated veterans that commit
suicide every day... his journey started on march 22 and has not always
been easiest. sot: "there are days where i just get wet, and then there
are some days where i just get cold." but he pushes through sot: "what
do you do while your walking? i think a lot and i play the alphabet
game... i am still stuck on x from the last time i played... i also just
listen to music and try to enjoy the different states i'm in." every
state and every town welcoming him with open arms, until he reaches his
final destination on august 22nd where he will end his jounrey in the
happiest place on earth... sot: "i planned it because it's my birthday,
and i wanted to be in disneyland on my birthday." and at the end of his
little walk... he hopes to have got this message across to his fellow
veterans... sot: " in the end, getting help is just walking distance;
it's just putting one foot in front of the other one step at a time."
novak is two-thirds of the way done with his journey... he will continue
through the south walking on average of way done with his journey... he
will continue through the south walking on average of about 3 miles an
hour... all of the funds he has leftover from his journey will be
donated to support the american foundation for suicide. live in baldwyn
taylor smith wtva nine news still ahead on wtva nine news at ten,
Monday, July 22, 2019
Question Everything Episode 6 | On todays episode we discussed Israel an...
My friend Steinman is speaking on this video.
Question Everything Episode 6 | On todays episode we discussed Israel an...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF7D7sug2DY&t=216s
Question Everything Episode 6 | On todays episode we discussed Israel an...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF7D7sug2DY&t=216s
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