study of 100,000 finds owning a smartphone before age 13 leads to poorer mental health. seems pretty obvious to me.

study of 100,000 finds owning a smartphone before age 13 leads to poorer mental health. seems pretty obvious to me.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1091598

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Time to read the paper (now sent to Instapaper). Thank you. 

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thats exactly what they found. my first phone was Nokia grey 5110 i was probably around the same age

Ok, I got my first cell phone, albeit not smart, in 1996 when I was 12. We didn’t even have snake then! So I think the problem is smartphone and the apps kids are using these days