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Opinion: Are We Asking the Wrong Question in the Screen Time Debate?

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July 10, 2026

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For years, the conversation around young children and screens has been dominated by a fear of too much time, too little interaction and too many missed opportunities for real learning. In many cases, those concerns are justified. After all, research consistently shows that children’s excessive or passive screen use, especially of entertainment-heavy content, can negatively []

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