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Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2003-03-27/pdf/CREC-2003-03-27.pdf new website socialemotionalpaws.org To whom it may concern Sharing this below information now going on six years of gathering research to the social media addictions these links address findings limiting screentime has shown the greatest Outcome. CA ACR 29 This measure would recognize May 8, 2023, to May 12, 2023, inclusive, as Student Mental Health Awareness Week in California. 2 WHEREAS, Mental health is an important part of a child’s overall health and well- being. Mental health includes children’s mental, emotional, and behavioral well- being, and mental health affects how children think, feel, and act; and WHEREAS, Mental health issues among children can seriously change how children learn, behave, or handle their emotions, causing distress and problems in getting through the day; and WHEREAS, Additionally, the use of social media by students can result in social anxiety or depression and may result in a tendency to spend more time online and reduce students’ real face-to-face interactions with other people; and AB-272 Pupils: use of smartphones.(2019-2020) Bill Text - AB-272 Pupils: use of smartphones. (ca.gov) SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is growing evidence that unrestricted use of smartphones by pupils at elementary and secondary schools during the schoolday interferes with the educational mission of the schools, lowers pupil performance, particularly among low-achieving pupils, promotes cyberbullying, and contributes to an increase in teenage anxiety, depression, and suicide. (b) In September 2018, France adopted a nationwide smartphone ban in all primary and middle schools in order to promote pupil achievement and healthy social development. (c) The London School of Economics and Political Science published a May 2015 study that found that test scores improved significantly at schools that banned mobile phone use, and that the most significant gains in pupil performance were made by the most disadvantaged and underachieving pupils. The study concluded that “schools could significantly reduce the education achievement gap by prohibiting mobile phone use in schools.” 3 (d) Dr. Jean Twenge, who is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, published a book in 2017 entitled “iGen,” which presents evidence of an increase in depression and suicide among American teenagers that may be caused by increased mobile device screen time and social media use. According to Dr. Twenge, 8th grade pupils who spend 10 or more hours per week on social media are 56 percent more likely to describe themselves as unhappy than those who devote less time to social media. Moreover, teenagers who spend three hours per day or more on electronic devices are 35 percent more likely to demonstrate risk factors for suicide, such as suicidal ideation, and teenagers who spend five or more hours per day on their devices are 71 percent more likely to demonstrate a risk factor for suicide. Addiction Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain Neuroimaging research shows excessive screen time damages the brain. Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain | Psychology Today Autism and Screen Time: Special Brains, Special Risks Children with autism are vulnerable to the negative effects of screen time. Autism and Screen Time: Special Brains, Special Risks | Psychology Today Australia Suggest that ACR 29 consider to include the description less screentime under mental health as an umbrella early intervention tool to return the more tradition education standards with teaching at elementary schools’ healthy habits with social media. To educate the middle and high schools’ digital illness as well best practices digital wellness the U.S. surgeon is calling no social media under age 13 with product safety. To educated parents mass media campaign awareness with events such as community running or biking, arts crafts event with family where they can be offer information. 4 Suggest that ACR 29 consider include the description of advancement training from current practice to a Digital wellness with SCR 73 Blue light 2019 for mental health with prevention from myopia and sleep derivation legislations. WHEREAS, The early identification and treatment of mental health and behavioral issues are critical components for a healthy student body and school community; and WHEREAS, The role of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists in serving children and youth in schools has an opportunity to address student mental and behavioral health early and effectively; and MRI scans found significant differences in the brains of some children who reported using smartphones, tablets, and video games more than seven hours a day. Children who reported more than two hours a day of screen time got lower scores on thinking and language tests What Does Too Much Screen Time Do to Children’s Brains? https://healthmatters.nyp.org/what-does-too-much-screen-time-do-to-childrens- brains/ 10 things to know about how social media affects teens' brains https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157180971/10-things-to-know-about-how-social- media-affects-teens- brains#:~:text=10%20things%20to%20know%20about%20how%20social%20medi a,make%20bad%20behavior%20look%20good.%20...%20More%20items Technology, Screen Time, And Children’s Mental Health https://childrenstreatmentcenter.com/technology-screen-time-and-childrens- mental- 5 health/#:~:text=According%20to%20an%20article%20on%20Healthline%2C%20th e%20initial,got%20lower%20scores%20on%20thinking%20and%20language%20t ests. Is Screen Time a Serious Threat to Mental Health? https://health.usnews.com/health-care/patient-advice/articles/2018-03-16/is- screen-time-a-serious-threat-to-mental-health W.H.O. Says Limited or No Screen Time for Children Under 5 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/health/screen-time-kids.html Babies need humans, not screens Find out why, and how, too much screen time can harm your child. Babies need humans, not screens | UNICEF Parenting The Importance of Limiting Screen Time in Adolescents---Editorial https://psychiatristmarin.com/articles/world-health-organization-screen-time- guidelines 6 Taiwan To Fine Parents of Kids Who Spend Too Much Time on Mobile https://socialemotionalpaws.com/blog-post-1/f/taiwan-to-fine-parents-of-kids-who- spend-too-much-time-on-mobile https://kotaku.com/taiwan-to-fine-parents-of-kids-who-spend-too-much-time- 1681762979 This Place Just Made it Illegal to Give Kids Too Much Screen Time https://time.com/3682621/this-country-just-made-it-illegal-to-give-kids-too-much- screen-time/ Want your child to grow up smart? Limit their screen time to an h https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11274299/Want-child-grow-smart-Limit- screen-time-hour-day-study-says.html Technology, Screen Time, And Children’s Mental Health. Technology, Screen Time, And Children's Mental Health - The Children’s Center for Psychiatry, Psychology, & Related Services (childrenstreatmentcenter.com) Worried about your kids’ screen time? Check your own first. How phone use can distract parents - The Washington Post How Does Blue Light Affect Mental Health? 7 https://www.medicinenet.com/how_does_blue_light_affect_mental_hea lthv/article.htm Computer screen time is damaging eyes — especially for children https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/kids-computer-eye- strain/2021/04/23/2f4ca928-988c-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html Teens who spend less time in front of screens are happier — up to https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/01/22/teens-who- spend-less-time-in-front-of-screens-are-happier-up-to-a-point-new-research- shows/?fbclid=IwAR1WdRYFAp6rba8HrXD4hRZ9fEw1LQdx88WVR2Zy3QkjanGD- ucnBCo9Fak World Health Organization says limited or no screen time for chil https://www.myjoyonline.com/world-health-organization-says-limited-or-no-screen- time-for-children-under-5/ Can Families Be Screen Strong in a Digital World? https://screenstrong.com/can-families-be-screen-strong-in-a-digital- world/#:~:text=ScreenStrong%20families%3A%201%20Balance%20screen%20use %20by%20keeping,screen%20culture%20allowed%20in%20their%20home.%20M ore%20items Babies need humans, not screens Find out why, and how, too much s 8 https://www.unicef.org/parenting/child-development/babies-screen-time Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Consequences for Young Chil https://time.com/5514539/screen-time-children-brain/ Toddlers who spend more than an hour a day watching programs on https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9372925/Psychology-hour-day- screen-time-increases-toddlers-risk-behavioural- issues.html?ito=facebook_share_article-facebook_preferred- top&fbclid=IwAR2onPLAp_v62g1wPFmTcqERNGmlKNvGOaK2qGQgFby4eAnbyP01 D5YRVDc increased screen time doesn't just affect physical health, such https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10152769/Screen-time-teens-DOUBLED- COVID-19-pandemic-nearly-eight-hours-day.html Limiting Screentime with Kids: Why & How to Enforce Screen Limits https://entertainment.time.com/2013/11/20/fyi-parents-your-kids-watch-a-full-time- jobs-worth-of-tv-each-week/ How just two hours’ screen time a day as a toddler can make child https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6932181/Two-hours-screen-time-makes- children-badly-behaved.html?ito=facebook_share_article- top&fbclid=IwAR3tFVDWcRuWqaoMGQhjasuXtMMFDykOiWGBDCUyuUBVG5C0rlW t4dnoX3o Study: Limiting screen time to 30 minutes a day can reduce depress 9 https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2019/05/31/mks-hw-study-finds-that- limiting-screen-time-to-30-minutes-a-day-can-reduce-depression- loneliness/#.YbIXvr1KhGM What Children Lose When Their Brains Develop Too Fast https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-children-lose-when-their-brains-develop-too- fast-11639071752?st=3m1947c0qrj7bmm&reflink=share_mobilewebshare With screen time now averaging 13 hours a day, experts warn of he https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2022/01/18/prc-pns-with-screen-time- now-averaging-13-hours-a-day-experts-warn-of-health-dangers-of-blue-light/#.Yeh- knrMKUk Tablets out, imagination in: the schools that shun technology https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/dec/02/schools-that-ban- tablets-traditional-education-silicon-valley-london A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2017/08/24/melinda-gates-i- spent-my-career-in-technology-i-wasnt-prepared-for-its-effect-on-my-kids/ In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/in-our-digital-world-are-young-people-losing- the-ability-to-read-emotions 10 Melinda Gates technology I wasn’t prepared for its effect on my k https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2017/08/24/melinda-gates-i- spent-my-career-in-technology-i-wasnt-prepared-for-its-effect-on-my-kids/ HAVE SMARTPHONES DESTROYED A GENERATION? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone- destroyed-a-generation/534198/ What Does Too Much Screen Time Do to Children’s Brains? What Does Too Much Screen Time Do to Kids' Brains? (nyp.org) Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Consequences for Young Children’s Brains What Does Too Much Screen Time Do to Kids' Brains? (nyp.org) Posted April 17, 2016 What Screen Time Can Really Do to Kids' Brains Too much at the worst possible age may have negative consequences. KEY POINTS  The US Department of Health and Human Services estimates that American children spend seven hours a day in front of electronic media.  Online interactions stimulate dopamine in a child's brain, which is addictive and could lead them to prefer virtual interactions over reality.  Children need to power off their devices regularly to clearly understand the boundaries between the virtual world and the real one. Screen time is an inescapable reality of modern childhood, with kids of every age spending hours upon hours in front of iPads, smartphones, and televisions. That’s not always a bad thing: Educational apps and TV shows can be great ways for children to sharpen their communication skills—not to mention the break 11 these gadgets provide harried parents. But tread carefully. The US Department of Health and Human Services estimates that American children spend a whopping seven hours a day in front of electronic media. Other statistics reveal that kids as young as two regularly play iPad games and have playroom toys that involve touch screens. Saturation and long-term consequences When very small children get hooked on tablets and smartphones, says Aric Sigman, an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of Britain’s Royal Society of Medicine, they may unintentionally hinder their still- developing brains. Too much screen time too soon, he says, “is the very thing impeding the development of the abilities that parents are so eager to foster through the tablets. The ability to focus, to concentrate, to lend attention, to sense other people’s attitudes and communicate with them, to build a large vocabulary—all those abilities are harmed.” Put more simply, parents who jump to screen time in a bid to give their kids an educational edge may actually be doing more harm than good—and they need to dole out future screen time in an age-appropriate matter. Between birth and age three, for example, our brains develop quickly and are particularly sensitive to the environment around us. In medical circles, this is called the critical period, because the changes that happen in the brain during these first tender years become the permanent foundation upon which all later brain function is built. In order for the brain’s neural networks to develop normally during the critical period, a child needs specific stimuli from the outside environment. These are rules that have evolved over centuries of human evolution, but—not surprisingly— these essential stimuli are not found on today’s tablet screens. Much of the issue lies with the fact that what makes tablets and iPhones so great—dozens of stimuli at your fingertips, and the ability to process multiple actions simultaneously—is exactly what young brains do not need. Tablets are the ultimate shortcut tools: Unlike a mother reading a story to a child, for example, a smartphone-told story spoon-feeds images, words, and pictures all at once to a young reader. Rather than having to take the time to process a mother’s voice into words, visualize complete pictures and exert a mental effort to follow a storyline, kids who follow stories on their smartphones may get lazy. The device does much of the thinking for them. article continues after advertisement 12 Social development The brain’s frontal lobe is involved in decoding and comprehending social interactions. It is in this corner of the mind that we empathize with others, take in nonverbal cues while talking to friends and colleagues, and learn how to read the hundreds of unspoken signs—facial expression, tone of voice, and more—that add color and depth to real-world relationships. So how and when does the brain’s frontal lobe develop? Not surprisingly, the most crucial stage is in early childhood, during that same critical period, and it's dependent on authentic human interactions. So if your young child is spending all of his time in front of an iPad instead of chatting and playing with teachers and other children, his empathetic abilities—the near-instinctive way you and I can read situations and get a feel for other people—could potentially be dulled. Life has no on/off switch Have you ever seen a mother chuckle as her baby tries to “swipe” a real photograph, or punch their fingers onto a poster or book as if it were a touchscreen? It may seem cute, but it points to something much deeper in the child’s brain—an internalization that all actions have an immediate effect, and all stimuli elicit a quick response. This is true in the on-screen world, but not elsewhere. When every finger swipe brings about a response of colors and shapes and sounds, a child’s brain responds gleefully with the neurotransmitter dopamine, the key component in our reward system that is associated with feelings of pleasure. Dopamine hits in the brain can feel almost addictive, and when a child gets too used to an immediate stimuli response, he may learn to prefer smartphone-style interaction—that is, immediate gratification and response—over a real-world connection. Don’t trash those tablets for good Despite the risks, there are a lot of benefits to letting little ones use technology. Once a child is over the age of two, feel free to allow limited screen time—think an hour, max, of playing with tablets and iPhones each day—to help develop coordination, hone quick reactions, and even sharpen language skills. As with all the other toys and tools available to your developing child, smartphone use should stay in moderation, and never stand in for human interaction or real-world face time. 13 The bottom line? Power off regularly to help your child understand the clear boundaries between the virtual world and the real one. About the Author ? Liraz Margalit, Ph.D., analyzes online consumer behavior, incorporating theory and academic research into a conceptual framework. Billionaire tech mogul Bill Gates reveals he banned his children https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/billionaire-tech-mogul-bill-gates- 10265298 Did Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Advocate Limiting Children’s Technolo Did Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Other Tech Billionaire Parents Advocate Limiting Children’s Technology Use? A number of tech billionaires seemingly agree on at least one piece of parenting advice: Limit your children's use of technology. Did Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Other Tech Billionaire Parents Advocate Limiting Children's Technology Use? | Snopes.com N THE USA/CALIF WHAT IS CHILD ABUSE WITH TECNOLOGY COMPARE TO UK 14 Parenting Kids in the Age of Screens, Social Media and Digital Devices | Pew Research Center Thank You Craig A Durfey 15