Scrolling on your phone in front of a child is worse for their brain than giving them a screen, study finds

Daily Mail Health · 17 August 2026 at 16:38

Scrolling on your phone in front of a child is worse for their brain than giving them a screen, study finds

Just an hour of scrolling on your phone can wreck a child's language skills, research has suggested.

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Scrolling on your phone in front of a child is worse for their brain than giving them a screen, study finds

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