Prolonged screen exposure causes digital eye strain due to a significantly reduced blink rate and intense muscle fatigue. Staring at digital devices decreases blinking by 60 per cent, causing severe dryness. Adjusting screen glare and taking regular visual breaks can prevent this discomfort.

Why do your eyes feel tired after hours of screen time?

As digital devices become an integral part of childhood, parents are increasingly grappling with questions about screen time, technology use and healthy habits. Here's what experts say.

How much screen time is too much for children? Experts reveal how digital devices affect young minds

As more women pursue careers, working mothers are balancing jobs, childcare and household responsibilities, facing new pressures as they navigate the competing demands of work and family life. Here’s how they navigate challenges.

The impossible balance: How working mothers navigate parenting, careers and family life

A growing body of research is raising concerns about how nighttime phone use is affecting teenage sleep patterns. Experts warn that excessive screen time, especially before bed and during the night, is linked to reduced sleep quality and shorter rest periods. Studies show many teens frequently stay active on their phones overnight, leading to interrupted sleep cycles and long-term health risks such as fatigue, reduced focus, and emotional stress. Researchers urge better digital habits and screen limits.


Study: Nighttime Phone Habits Linked To Sleep Loss 

Doctors and child health experts are warning that excessive screen use is increasingly affecting children’s physical, emotional and cognitive development. Medical professionals say prolonged exposure to phones, tablets and gaming screens may lead to attention problems, sleep disruption, reduced social skills and long-term developmental harm.


Doctors Warn Excessive Screen Time Is Harming Children’s Development | WION 

New data shows toddlers in the UK are spending an average of about two hours a day watching screens, raising concerns among parents and child health experts. The findings highlight growing exposure to phones, tablets and television at a very young age and renewed debate over screen time limits for children.


U.K Toddlers Watch Screens For 2 Hours Daily | WION 

A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school under a proposed ordinance that includes no penalties.


Japan's Toyoake city proposes to cap smartphone usage to reduce screen addiction

A new study reveals that excessive screen time among adolescents is not only delaying sleep but also increasing the risk of depression. Over a 3-month period, researchers observed a significant decline in sleep quality linked directly to prolonged screen exposure. Watch this to know more!

Screen time increases depression risks: study

Excessive screen time linked to sleep issues, teen depression

Everyone’s productivity list consists of reading at least one book a month. Which means there is a good intention but no implementation. The habit of mindless scrolling has spared nobody and reading physical books has taken a back seat.

How to stop staring at your screen and read a book

A new report suggests that children's eyesight is deteriorating due to increased screen time and decreased outdoor time. The report indicates that one in three children are now short-sighted or unable to see distant objects clearly. Researchers attribute this trend to the impact of COVID lockdowns, as children have been spending more time on screens. Short-sightedness, also known as myopia, is becoming a growing global health concern and is projected to affect millions more children by 2050.

Excessive Screen Time is Making Kids Short-sighted

On Friday, the state of New York passed two legislations to shield kids from social media content that is too addicting and to safeguard their privacy. These rules aim to restrict the amount of time kids spend on computer-generated algorithmic social media feeds.

New York enacts landmark laws to protect children from social media addiction

Less screen time is the secret to happiness, new research reveals. There is a sharp increase in average screen time by children during the pandemic. But it has a harmful impact on health. Spending more time online increases the risk of depression.

Less screen time is the secret to happiness, new research reveals

Young people’s screen time is dangerously increasing and it is having a significant negative impact on their cognitive abilities, a new study has found. As a result of disordered screen use, young people are developing health problems as well as shortened attention spans, hindering their mental well-being in the long run.

Increasing screen time is killing your cognitive abilities, study reveals

The Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok will soon set a new default screen time limit of 60 minutes for its users under the age of 18. According to the app, if an individual hits the daily screen time limit, they will then have to enter a passcode to continue to use the service that day, which they will receive in their app only.

TikTok to set new one-hour daily screen time limit for users under 18 to help them 'stay in control'

After Covid lockdown, screen time for an individual has increased, especially for children, as they were attending their classes through phones and laptops. Recently, experts have cautioned that this increased screen time has caused children as young as six to have excruciating eye conditions, or in simple words, red eyes that generally affect adults.

Excessive screen time causing dry eye problems in kids, experts warn

There is a sharp increase in average screen time by children during the pandemic. But it has a harmful impact on Children's health. Spending more time online increases the risk of depression.

Increased screen time for children has a harmful impact on Children's health

Two years back the pandemic put an end to life as we knew it, millions all over the world were stuck at home, with not much to do. At a time like that most of us turned to the solace of social media, movies, and television.

During the Covid pandemic, children spent more time on computers and phones: Study

If you love to spend time in surfing or checking out different things on the phone regularly, it's time to rethink. Researchers have suggested that spending long hours on the phone can shorten the lifespan.

Believe it or not: More screen time on phone can shorten lifespan, say researchers

Do you check your phone the first thing when you wake up? Do you scroll your phone endlessly for hours? Is your screen time making you a procrastinator? You may have fallen prey to a phenomenon called 'doomscrolling'. If you think doomscrolling cannot affect you in any way, think again.

Are you scrolling phone and is it adding to your stress? Then you are 'doomscrolling'

India is number two worldwide in-app downloads. India accounts for over 11% of all app downloads worldwide. India's app downloads reached 27 billion in 2021. Indians spent a staggering 690 billion hours on their apps. But are they paying for these apps?

How many hours do Indians spend surfing apps? 690 billion!

Experts say spending too much time in front of a screen can change the shape of our eyes. Too much screen time can put us at the risk of Myopia or nearsightedness. 50% of the Indian population is expected to have Myopia by 2050. Palki Sharma has the details.

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