https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17409179/

The thought that young children are using these suggest they’ll suffer issues in their mid twenties which is horrifying, and then the issues could get worse throughout their life.

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    Do young children even hold phones near their heads anymore? I rarely see a kid less than their early teens doing anything but FaceTime or games. And after that point, video chats, texting, and doom scrolling.

    Even my 15yo daughter never holds the phone against her head.

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      2 days ago

      Yes, when making phone calls they shout at their phone from 3 metres away, everyone knows that.

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        2 days ago

        Come on man, Speaker phone, video calling, Snapchat, and just the fact that most of them seem to choose text messaging over phone calls.