Increased Screen Time May Indicate Family Stress, Pandemic Study Suggests

The closures of schools and daycare centers this spring abruptly changed life for many American parents. As almost half of those with young kids lost child care, their stress levels soared.

And their children suddenly started spending much more time watching media on screens.

A new study aims to make sense of these phenomena and draw fresh conclusions about what it really means when kids spend hours looking at cell phones, computers or televisions……………………………………………………………………………