WPP#31: Is It the Screen, or What It's Replacing?

Podcast: Wellness Path Podcast · Dr Vic Manzo

Opublikowano: 2026-10-18

Is it the screen itself, or what the screen is replacing? A new review of studies covering millions of children linked more screen use with lower language skills, more anxiety-like and behavioral difficulties, and more peer-related challenges. The findings are observational: an association, not proof of cause. In this episode, Dr. Vic looks at screen time through a nervous system lens. You'll hear: - Why this research can't say screens cause these outcomes, and why displacement may be the bigger question - What a regulated versus dysregulated nervous system can look like in a child, especially...