How Excessive Screen Time Is Hampering Your Brain Cells

There are screens everywhere you look—on phones, tablets, even watches. Teenagers use screens for an average of seven hours and 22 minutes per day, according to Common Sense Media. Additionally, studying on the computer is not included! According to studies, overusing screens might have an impact on your health. Teenagers may be particularly at risk because adolescence is a crucial time for brain growth. Even while it can be entertaining to watch movies or text friends, it's important to set screen time limits. Digital media consumption actively contributes to the growing human brain's ongoing process of creating new neural connections while removing inactive ones, according to Rich. According to him, a lot of what occurs on screen offers "impoverished" stimulation of the developing brain as compared to reality. Children require access to a variety of online and offline activities, as well as the freedom to let their thoughts roam. Here’s why—and how.