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More than one-third of 15-year-old children in the UK could be classified as 'extreme internet users', or those who are online for more than six hours daily outside of school.
A report from UK think-tank Education Policy Institute (EPI) states that children in the UK have a higher rate of extreme usage (37.8 percent of all UK 15 year olds) than other countries. Only Chile reported more.
The think-tank examined the relation between social media use (including online time) and mental illness:
While twelve percent of children who spend no time on social networking websites on a normal school day have symptoms of mental ill health, that figure rises to 27 percent for those who are on the sites for three or more hours a day.
Here's a hint: if one third of your kids think a certain way, it's a personality trait not a mental illness.
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Thursday July 06 2017, @10:23AM (1 child)
No, and I have no idea where you are getting any of that from.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday July 06 2017, @04:27PM
From your "quality of life" statement. "quality of life" is entirely subjective; its criteria are at least slightly different between any two people on the planet and massively different between some.
Example: I think that personal responsibility is one of the most important criteria for a good quality of life. I believe it should be taught to every child by their parents. I'm not going to call those that aren't taught it mentally ill or say it needs to be solved by Society though. That road is an extremely slippery slope straight down into the sewers of socialist badness.
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