Children who had access to smartphones at younger ages have worse mental health outcomes as adults, a new study found.
A Sapien Labs study last month of 27,969 global members of Generation Z found that the sooner a child was given access to a smartphone, the more likely it is they would have mental health problems in the future.
Lyman Stone, Peter Foreshaw Brookes, The Critic
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