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The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 8 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Sure the phones are to blame and not the shitty world with never ending economic crises and wars everywhere and probably unhappy, stressed out parents fighting all the time.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

Also, the fact that technology makes it easier to actually collect data on stuff like depression etc and people are more encouraged to speak about it, as opposed to previous "it's life, man up and take it" generations' attitude...

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