Parents in America know the difficulties of pulling their children away from electronic devices, especially after months of virtual learning due to school lockdowns during the pandemic.
About half of America’s middle schoolers spend five hours or more daily on weekends watching videos on an electronic device, and 30 percent spend seven hours or more daily on weekends, according to the 2021 data collected by Monitoring the Future (MtF), a project affiliated with the National Institute of Health.
Percentage of teenagers spending five hours or more daily watching videos on an electronic device. (The Epoch Times with source data from Monitoring the Future)
Many parents have been limiting the number of hours their children have access to devices. Still, the algorithm on those video platforms—the key component contributing to addiction and other child development issues—is beyond reach….