Too Much Screen Time Disrupts Young People’s Emotional Intelligence

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Thu, 08/28/2014 - 19:27

kidstextingAnna Hunt, Staff Writer
Waking Times

Researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles recently took a look into how media is affecting young people’s social skills. UCLA scientists studied two groups of sixth-graders from the same school: one group didn’t have any screen time for the duration of five days; while the other group spent their usual time looking at smartphones, TVs and other screens.

What was revealed? The study reported that the group of sixth-graders without any screen time did a better job reading human emotions.

Many parents are typically concerned that too much time in front of the TV or playing

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