U.S. Families Struggling With Teen's Media Addiction

U.S. children between ages 8 and 12 report spending nearly six hours a day using media, while those ages 13 to 18 spend almost nine hours per day.  59 percent of those with children between ages 12 and 18 saying their kids cannot give up their phones on a poll of 1,240.  It is also causing tension with it disrupting driving, homework and other “human” time together.
All over the country families are struggling with their teens addictions to phones.  I for one don't have a phone and won't till this summer.  Also i have to pay for at least half of the phone bill.  But most teen’s parents pay for their kids phones and buy them 100-900 dollar phones.  Some schools are allowing kids to have their phones during class.  Which is crazy because you're at school for one reason, to learn.  And that alone is a huge role in teens addiction to media.  I know that because when i get home i stay on my laptop for 2 hours then i go outside and then i go back on my laptop.  I almost never do my homework because that and i almost failed 3 classes in 3rd marking period.  Media is making humans stupid.  For instance we just “google” everything instead of thinking about.  I've noticed that my brother says to my parents i have to do homework on my computer so that's why i need it.  But “for some reason” he never has homework.  He spends 98% of his free time on media which is literally insane.  From 3:45-10:20 he is in his room on media.  I go to sleep at 9:00 so sometimes i can hear his videos.  That causes my to have tension with the family cause i will get up and yell “shut up” and my mom will come and say “be quiet” then my dad will get up and take my brothers electronics away and my brother will cry and be angry at me and the family.  But all I want is quiet cause i get up at 6:00. So media is destroying human interaction and “normality” of a human.
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U.S. families struggling with teens' phone addiction: report