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Pew research released an interesting study about screen time that finds that roughly half of U.S. teens say they spend too much time on their cellphones and about the same proportion say they have tried to cut down. Similarly, 57% had tried to cut down on social media and 58% tried to cut down on video gaming.

The report also includes information about parents own use of technology and how they feel about screen time for their children. This is timely given the recent announcement from Apple about a feature in IOS 12, designed to help people limit constantly checking their iPhone and iPad.

Read the full report here.

8/24/1810:48 AM

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I suppose its promising to see that teens are aware of the problem and are trying to do something to address it! Though troubling that almost 40% of parents are loosing focus at work because they are checking their phones. Goes to show you that we ALL need some strategies to cut down!

8/24/1810:59 AM

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