Kids Are Getting Wired for Stress By Screens

Kids Are Getting Wired for Stress By Screens
Even brief daily gaming stress will stimulate and strengthen the stress pathway. JOKE_PHATRAPONG/Shutterstock
Melanie Hempe
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Mindfulness and meditation may be growing in popularity, but so is their opposite: digital distraction.

Our kids often spend more time on screens than sleeping. This lack of sleep along with the risks of online predators and pornography are obvious problems with today’s teen screen culture.

Melanie Hempe
Melanie Hempe
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Melanie Hempe, BSN, is the founder of ScreenStrong, an organization that empowers parents to keep the benefits of screen media for kids while empowering parents to delay screens that can be toxic—like video games and smartphones. The ScreenStrong solution promotes a strong parenting style that proactively replaces harmful screen use with healthy activities, life skill development, and family connection.
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