A.Stringer<p>"the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> suggested there were “no simple, one-size-fits-all answers” and that while most <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parents</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/policymakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policymakers</span></a> were “primed to believe arguments that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> are inherently harmful, the evidence about their overall effect on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> is not clear-cut”.</p><p>Blanket ban on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/teensmartphoneuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teensmartphoneuse</span></a> ‘potentially detrimental’, says academic | Smartphones | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/03/blanket-ban-on-teen-smartphone-use-potentially-detrimental-says-academic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/apr/03/blanket-ban-on-teen-smartphone-use-potentially-detrimental-says-academic</span></a></p>