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  1. Oct 2024
    1. the digital detox movement

      This is what I was talking about prior. My district is moving in the direction of detoxing students from their cell phones, I would imagine eventually moving to no phones at all during the school day.

    2. There are valid concerns for a protectionist approach to focus on. Jean Twenge et al. (2018) find, ‘Adolescents who spent more time on screen activities were significantly more likely to have high depressive symptoms or have at least one suicide-related outcome, and those who spent more time on nonscreen activities were less likely’ (9

      This is becoming a concern in my district. Administration is sharing a book to parents that touches on how this generation is riddled with anxiety and depression due to the constant access of their phones.

    3. These technologies are part of the fabric of our existence, the ordinary environment within which we exist

      We have become so reliant on these technologies that they are essentially a piece of us now. Nobody can go anywhere without their phone

    4. that allow us, for the most part, to communicate whenever and wherever the mood strikes.

      We have a constant access to communication

    5. It is fairly common for people in the developed Western world to live in a media-saturated environment.

      Everything you do and everywhere you go nowadays is saturated by media. It's everywhere