Millennial parents might need to worry more about their own screen time than their kids’. Spending too much time on a screen means today’s parents are in a state of “continuous partial attention.” Numerous studies have shown that partial attention isn’t good enough when it comes to effectively building children’s language skills, an important indicator of future academic performance. One psychologist explains, “Toddlers cannot learn when we break the flow of conversations by picking up our cellphones or looking at the text that whizzes by our screens.” (The Atlantic)
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