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That's a big point that also usually isn't really distinguished in all these studies, especially the ones about children and screen time.
I feel there are differences between just watching cartoons and playing some involving game.
Also, just walking by a TV that's on is also screen time, or not? Is the TV running in the background at home screen time when you only look at it 5 minutes here and there?
I'd be happy if those studies would clearly state, 4 hours social media per day is bad. Or 4 hours watching TV with at least 30 minutes long sessions is bad. Stuff like that.
Exactly
Also, the key word in these type of studies is "linked", which means that's only a correlation, with no proof of causality.
The way it's written, it makes you think that the screen time causes anxiety and depression, but there are other studies that suggest the causality goes in the other direction, kids that suffer from depression tend to spend more time in social media.