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The Screen Time Debate Just Got a New Wrinkle — And the Old Guidelines Still Don't Fully Explain It
6/18/2026
Last May I wrote about how the AAP's screen time limits are real recommendations built on genuinely messy science. The core finding held up: the guidelines exist, but the research behind them is more complicated than the "no screens before two" framing suggests. Since then, a wav…
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