OU Health Doctor Urges 2-Hour Screen Limit as Teens Spend 8 Hours a Day on Phones
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Updated · news9.com KWTV · Aug 12
OU Health Doctor Urges 2-Hour Screen Limit as Teens Spend 8 Hours a Day on Phones
1 articles · Updated · news9.com KWTV · Aug 12
Summary
Dr. Max Brookman said teens now spend about eight hours a day on phones—excluding school use—and urged parents to set firm screen-time boundaries early.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no more than two hours a day, he said, warning that handing children screens for quick relief can create longer-term habits.
Social media is the biggest emotional risk, Brookman said, because endless scrolling can fuel anxiety and depression while displacing time with family, sports, music or outdoor activity.
For teens with cellphones, he said parental controls alone are easy to evade; coordinated rules with other parents, school phone bans and no-screen periods after dinner are a better starting point.