Guidelines also stipulate teenagers should have no more than three hours of screen time a day
  • UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    If I was limited to 3 hours of screen time as a teenager I probably wouldn’t be alive today. I used video games as a coping mechanism to dissociate from my gender dysphoria and (at the time) unsupportive family that I was hiding in the closet from. It wasn’t what I would call healthy but I didn’t exactly have a lot of other options.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, as teenagers high amounts of screen time is a symptom of other stuff, whether it’s an abusive home situation or mental health issues, or something else

      In addition to… What else is there to do as a teenager these days? Especially in a car-centric place?

      Kids however probably should have screen time limited, and try to be engaged in other ways, especially their parents, however, many parents are not good parents