Minors spend ‘attached’ to the screens, outside the classroom, about four hours a day, the equivalent of two months a year, giving preference to social networks like TikTok over communication applications like WhatsApp.
These data were taken from a study carried out by the Qustodio platform, specialized in security and digital control for families that has more than four million users worldwide.
Every year, this platform analyzes how minors use the Internet: the hours they spend in front of screens, the applications and networks they use most or the consequences that hyperconnectivity can cause.
The study analyzed trends and the use of screens by minors between the ages of 4 and 18 in four countries – Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia – with around 400,000 families participating anonymously, according to data provided by the platform and cited above. by the agency Efe.
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