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How much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?

  • Written by David Rosenberg, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Wayne State University
imageToday, nearly all U.S. teens have a smartphone.MoMo Productions/Digital Vision via Getty Imagesimage

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How many hours does the average American spend on devices each year? – Maxwell P., age 10

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