When it comes to the dangers tech poses to teenagers, smartphones tend to dominate the conversation. Most of us are aware by now of the link between devices and an alarming mental health crisis in children and young people globally. There’s a growing body of evidence demonstrating that adolescents’ vulnerable, undeveloped brains are easy prey for the addictive dopamine hits that come from apps and algorithms.
Social media and screens have even been compared to this generation’s smoking in terms of health risks – we’ll look back and wonder why on earth we let children have unlimited, round-the-clock access to the mental equivalent of a pack of cigarettes a day.
