Comment by mallowdram

5 days ago

I would study what you're apparently intent on ignoring: that kids and screens do not mix well and reduces their ability to engage with the more complex aspects of reality. Do you want automatons or fundamentally happy beings?

“A growing body of evidence has found that children’s brains can structurally and functionally change due to prolonged media multitasking, such as diminished gray matter in the prefrontal cortex, where attentional control and complex decision making abilities reside, among other really important skills, like the development of empathy and understanding nonverbal social communication,”

There are over 300 studies detailing how early screen use damages children's brains and impairs their ability to reason and relate to others. How engineers ignore this is incredible.

https://www.childrenandscreens.org/learn-explore/research/?t...

The scientific reality of loss of gray matter in children from screen use can't be downvoted away.

Perhaps this is how engineering is forced to change its tune: the irreversible damage to children.