Moms – Sarah Zellner
This may seem surprising to most, but a new study published by The University of Chicagofound that despite the time spent on smartphones, today’s young people are as socially skilled as those of the previous generation. For this study, researchers compared numerous evaluations of children who entered kindergarten in 1998 [long before social media], with children who entered kindergarten in 2010. Both groups of children were ones who had received heavy amounts of screen time. Both groups had similar development in social skills compared to those with little exposure.
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