Statistics Say Screens Aren't Destroying Today's Teens

Looking around, you might think it’s obvious that the abundance of screens and social media are ruining our lives, but what does the research actually tell us? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4156... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/... https://www.vox.com/science-and-healt... https://www.npr.org/2017/12/17/571443... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2... Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/blu... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/peo... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/suc... https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/pr... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bet... https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/soc... https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/ne...