Phone use during school can disrupt learning, damage critical thinking skills and harm social development, a UCLA Health expert says.
‘As students begin a new school year, school district officials across California are considering or establishing cellphone-use restrictions on campus. Their reasoning? Increased screen time, along with prolonged social media use, may disrupt the learning environment, stunt social development and harm students’ mental health, they say.
John Piacentini, PhD(Link opens in new window), a child and adolescent psychologist and professor at UCLA Health, agrees that removing cellphones from the classroom may have a positive influence.
“There are more harms associated with cellphone use in school than the benefits,” says Dr. Piacentini, who is also a father of three.
With 83.9% of adolescents ages 16-19 having a cell phone, as reported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH),(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) the health effects of cellphones on children are becoming more apparent.’
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