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Screen Time: How Much Is Too Much?
Season 3 Episode 19 | 5m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
What does it mean to have too much screentime?
Even by conservative estimates, the average American spends over 6 hours per day staring at a screen. That’s a lot of time. What does the scientific research say about it? Is it good or bad for us?
![Above The Noise](https://image.pbs.org/contentchannels/qSOt2zP-white-logo-41-EtFkm6Y.png?format=webp&resize=200x)
Screen Time: How Much Is Too Much?
Season 3 Episode 19 | 5m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Even by conservative estimates, the average American spends over 6 hours per day staring at a screen. That’s a lot of time. What does the scientific research say about it? Is it good or bad for us?
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