Children Screen Time Rockets

PORTSMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 20: A 12-year-old boy looks at a iPhone screen on October 20, 2024 in Portsmouth, England. The amount of time children spend on screens each day rocketed during the Covid pandemic by more than 50 per cent, the equivalent of an extra hour and twenty minutes. Researchers say that unmoderated screen time can have long-lasting effects on a child's mental and physical health. Recently TikTok announced that every account belonging to a user below age 18 have a 60-minute daily screen time limit automatically set. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)