Antonella: I was shocked, actually. That’s a lot. They’re on their phone a lot.
[ON SCREEN TEXT: THE AVERAGE TEEN SPENDS 5.2 HOURS A DAY ON THEIR PHONE]
[ON SCREEN TEXT: THAT’S MORE THAN MOST PARENTS REALIZE]
[ON SCREEN TEXT: SO WE FILMED THREE TEENS FOR A DAY]
[ON SCREEN TEXT: AND INVITED THEIR PARENTS TO WATCH]
Jeff: OK, that kid looks familiar.
Antonella: Oh, my Adriana.
Jeff: Call for breakfast. Get out of bed.
Antonella: Seems like forever, they’re on these phones.
[ON SCREEN TEXT: SEREN’S SCREEN TIME: 6 HRS 22 MINS]
[ON SCREEN TEXT: KAIDEN’S SCREEN TIME: 8 HRS 21 MINS]
[ON SCREEN TEXT: ADRIANA’S SCREEN TIME: 13 HRS 15 MINS]
Antonella: Wow.
Jeff: That was, you know, eye opening to feel that length of time.
Antonella: It was like her phone was attached to her hand.
Young: I just wish they had a bit more self-control when it came to that. Right? It’s a struggle.
Seren: It didn’t feel like that long. I feel like when I’m on my screen, it definitely makes time go by quicker.
Antonella: Even it was by your side, you would still glance at it. It was like a reflex.
Adriana: Yeah. It’s like a natural reflex.
Kaiden: I feel like I should be doing something else. It’s just not like really good for me being on it that long.
Jeff: You know,the phone is a lot of things. It’s, it’s our connecting with friends, it’s our entertainment. Sometimes it’s our learning. But I think so many other things happen on the other side of it.
Antonella: It’s hard, right? There’s the good side of it, and then there’s the side that we have the concerns, but how do you balance it?
Jeff: The ultimate goal is that a young person finds the balance so that they have a good quality of life.
[ON SCREEN TEXT: HEALTHY SCREEN TIME STARTS WITH BALANCE.]
[ON SCREEN TEXT: For tools and resources visit rogers.com/screenbreak]