Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Kids and smartphones: The relationship can be healthy or unhealthy
Now that kids and teens are on summer vacation, they may be spending more time on their smartphones. Parents and educators are worried that they’re constantly distracted, anxious, depressed, and isolated.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readNow that kids and teens are on summer vacation, they may be spending more time on their smartphones. Parents and educators are worried that they’re constantly distracted, anxious, depressed, and isolated. We talk about what the science says, and see what one local school chief is doing to get his students off smartphones.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Luthern Williams
New Roads School
Laurence Steinberg
Temple University; author of “Age of Opportunity: Lessons From the New Science of Adolescence”