Experts warn of ‘screen jet lag’ at start new school year: “Young people will have to withdraw such as drug addicts”

Tiktok until midnight, gaming until the sun rises and then getting up early after two months of vacation for school. Many young people will be tired, irritable next week and with a head full of noise on the school desks at the start of the school year in which the new smartphone ban is also entered. Psychopedagogue Marie Loop and Doctor In Psychology Elke Geraerts have even come up with a new term for it with ‘Screenjetlag’. How does that abundance of stimuli influence the brain of young people? How long does it take for that ‘screen jet lag’ to disappear again? And what can you do as a parent?

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