Dr. Faye Begetti

So I've got some stats here for you.

So the average person picks up their phone around 80 times per day.

And the average screen time is around three to four hours.

So that's around 25% of our waking time.

Thank you for having me.

I think it's important not to be too judgmental when you see somebody on their phone.

And it all depends on what they're doing.

We all lead increasingly busy lives.

You know, we have blurred boundaries between work and rest.

There are many working parents trying to pick up their kid up from school.

trying to do the online shop, answering an email, and they may not necessarily have a choice in that matter.

I mean, ideally, we would all love to relax and be in the moment, but I think it's important to understand that it's not the phones themselves, and there may be forces beyond people's control.

Yeah, so I've got some stats here for you.

So the average person picks up their phone around 80 times per day.

Some studies may even say up to 100 times per day.

And the average screen time is around three to four hours.

So that's around 25% of our waking time, assuming we all sleep for eight hours.

But I mean, these are all just averages.

And I think it's important, rather than focusing just on screen time,

to look at what people are doing, where they're doing it and why they're doing it.