Teenagers’ sleep quality and mental health at risk over late-night mobile phone use

Teenagers’ late-night mobile phone use is harming their sleep and potentially their mental health, say researchers who advised that “physical boundaries” be set over use of such devices in the bedroom.

This, from The Guardian, is only the latest in a slew of articles referencing research into the negative impact on our children’s health and wellbeing from excessive screen time, and especially ‘late night’ use.

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