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  Children’s worlds have been shrinking and it’s harming their mental health. It’s time for parents to be brave and allow them a little independence In books and movies that pack a wallop you will usually find a “ charged object ” – an item crucial to the plot and freighted with emotion. The slipper in Cinderella. The apple in Adam and Eve. And today, in the story of what has gone wrong with childhood: the smartphone . It’s not that phones aren’t a real problem. We have all seen it. Kids glued to their phones in a restaurant. Kids glued to their phones at the bus stop. The other day I saw a girl swinging on a swing – the classic summer pastime – glued to her phone . And oh, the content! This study alone will give you pause: ParentsTogether Action reports that children see sex and drug content every few minutes on Snapchat. If only we could take away their phones , a happy childhood would be restored – or so it can seem. But there is another crucial object that is so not charged, ...

  In 2024, Americans spent an average of 5 hours and 16 minutes per day on their   phones , according to the data management firm Harmony Healthcare IT. That was up 14 percent from the year before. Too much time with  your phone  can exact a physical toll. Just 20 to 30 minutes without any change in your position can strain various parts of the body, says Rachel Prusynski, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington and a spokesperson for the American Physical Therapy Association. And if you have preexisting conditions—an injury or arthritis, for instance— smartphone overuse  may aggravate your symptoms. So yes, discomfort from using a smartphone is definitely a thing. Here are some conditions to watch out for—and what to do about them.  How Phone Use Can Affect Your Body Duretti Fufa, MD, a hand and upper extremity surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, confirms that using ...

The company will discontinue service on all devices not running on Android software A classic BlackBerry device, with a QWERTY keyboard , is shown. BlackBerry will discontinue service on its classic smartphones beginning Tuesday.  Tuesday marks the end of an era: BlackBerry will discontinue service on its classic smartphones. So for those still holding on to their QWERTY keyboards, be warned. In a 22 December statement, the company reminded users of the development, which will affect services for all of its devices not running on Android software , including the BlackBerry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier. “As of this date, devices running these legacy services and software through either carrier or Wi-Fi connections will no longer reliably function, including for data, phone calls, SMS and 9-1-1 functionality,” the statement says. Boasting a physical keyboard and BBM instant messaging, the BlackBerry was once a powerplayer in the cell phone world. In the first decade of the 2000s, the de...