Teen Screen Time Shifts, AI Slop, and the Growing Smartphone Backlash
For more than a decade, one statistic has symbolized parental anxiety and cultural concern: teenagers are online “almost constantly.” It became shorthand for everything from social media addiction to declining attention spans and rising mental health challenges. But new data suggests something unexpected is happening. The number of teens who describe themselves as constantly online is quietly declining. According to the latest Pew Research Center findings, roughly 40% of U.S. teenagers now report being online almost constantly. That figure is down from 46% just a year earlier. On the surface, a six-percentage-point drop might not sound dramatic. But when translated … Read more