> The article is about "touching on independence, mental health, social behavior, and even environmental awareness" just as much as not sitting on your butt inside.
Teenagers in the rest of the developed world are also spending increasing amounts of time in front of screens despite not have the constraints imposed by American car culture. E-bikes might have removed one barrier, but that does solve the problem.
Kids where I live often, maybe usually, walk or take busses to school. If they pay monthly through the app they get unlimited bus travel in the county. Its not atypical in the UK, and its even easier (albeit more expensive) in big cities. We still have kids spending all their time doom scrolling.
I think it is a combination of over-protective parents and addictive stuff on their phones that is the real problem.
Ebikes are a definite menace here, and e-scooters are worse.
Teenagers in the rest of the developed world are also spending increasing amounts of time in front of screens despite not have the constraints imposed by American car culture. E-bikes might have removed one barrier, but that does solve the problem.
Kids where I live often, maybe usually, walk or take busses to school. If they pay monthly through the app they get unlimited bus travel in the county. Its not atypical in the UK, and its even easier (albeit more expensive) in big cities. We still have kids spending all their time doom scrolling.
I think it is a combination of over-protective parents and addictive stuff on their phones that is the real problem.
Ebikes are a definite menace here, and e-scooters are worse.