Technology & Screen Time

How Screens Shape Child Development

Screen time shapes child development by displacing what a growing child needs most: face-to-face connection, free play, and real-world independence. Nicole Runyon's position is direct. Early and frequent technology use leads to fractured child development, so parents protect childhood by delaying screens and social media.

None of this argues against technology forever. It argues for order: child development first, devices later.

Each article below takes one piece of that argument and works through it, from social media and adolescent well-being to what a screen-heavy summer does to kids.