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These college kids are swearing off smartphones. It's sparking a movement.

There was no way around it: Charlie Fisher was addicted to his smartphone. He scrolled on TikTok and Instagram first thing in the morning, picked it up to answer text messages between classes and ...
Gainesville

University of Florida students are swearing off smartphones

University of Florida students are joining the Reconnect Movement, opting for flip phones over smartphones to foster in-person connections. Smartphones negatively impact young brains by affecting ...
CNN

Kids are getting smartphones at much younger ages than many experts recommend. How to handle it

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...
WXYZ

New study highlights mental health risks for kids who get smartphones before age 13

(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, new research suggests giving kids smartphones too early could come with serious mental health risks. The study links early phone ...
New York Post

‘Flip phone summer’: Gen Z vows to resurrect low tech — before their ‘brains turn to mush’

Gen Z is flipping the script this season. Hanging up on the addictive call of the smartphone, tweens, teens and 20-somethings are, instead, going retro, ditching their digital devices for 2000s-era ...