Excessive screen time for children is ‘destroying their brains’

Child and adolescent psychologist Clare Rowe has weighed in on the growing concerns of excess screen time for children. In an interview with Sky News host Rita Panahi, Ms Rowe said the “negative impacts” of screen time on children far outweigh "any positives, if there are any positives”. “We’re kidding ourselves if we’re saying there’s educational positives," she said. “It’s destroying their brains. “I think in the future we will look back and think we were just sitting six- and seven-year-olds on iPads.”