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0 pointsjaggederest5y ago0 comments

Last I heard the major contributor to childhood myopia was a lack of outdoor light exposure. Screen time is a red herring compared to spending daylight hours outside.

https://www.businessinsider.com/kids-that-play-outside-need-...

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im3w1l5y ago

Outdoor activity is being outcompeted by screens so it seems very relevant to me.

tsimionescu5y ago

If that study is to be believed, a child catching pokemon on their phone in the park is likely to develop better eye sight than a child reading a book at home. So I think the difference is pretty relevant, and the fact that outdoor activity is out-competed by screens would just be a confounding factor.

im3w1l5y ago

Of course, books are a thing, but we all know that without access to screens kids would get bored out of their minds staying indoors. Indeed, that is the premise of the grounding punishment.

So a hypothetical of a boy reading books until Pokemon Go made him spend every second outside just seem like arguing for the sake of arguing.

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0 pointsjaggederest5y ago0 comments

Last I heard the major contributor to childhood myopia was a lack of outdoor light exposure. Screen time is a red herring compared to spending daylight hours outside.

https://www.businessinsider.com/kids-that-play-outside-need-...

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im3w1l5y ago

Outdoor activity is being outcompeted by screens so it seems very relevant to me.

tsimionescu5y ago

im3w1l5y ago

Of course, books are a thing, but we all know that without access to screens kids would get bored out of their minds staying indoors. Indeed, that is the premise of the grounding punishment.

So a hypothetical of a boy reading books until Pokemon Go made him spend every second outside just seem like arguing for the sake of arguing.

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