Dr. Sue Varma

Yes.

Part of it is because the television is also on versus in younger Gen Z and younger millennials, they're just using the phones instead of television time.

But their screen time on their phones is still high.

It's like seven or eight hours a day.

You know, look, I think part of it has to do with who were you before the screen use?

Because my dad, for example, he will be turning 90 this year.

He's a retired psychiatrist.

My mom passed many years ago.

And after she passed, he was able to finally reintegrate.

And he has all these friends from medical school that are all over the world.

And he keeps in connection with them on WhatsApp, which is great.

We find that about 60% of the time, the phone usage is positive when it has to do with photo sharing, video sharing.

and keeping in contact with people.

The problems where I see is that the excessive phone use, my dad is constantly tuned into the weather channel and he is always alerting me.

And this is something that you see, they call it the informed guardian, where the person feels like I wanna be useful, I wanna be relevant, I need to stay on top of the news, right?

So this is where it can get excessive, where I love the fact that he's clued in and plugged in what's happening in the world,

But then I'm also concerned where do you really need to know everything happening everywhere where you really don't have any control over it?

Or even the weather, you know, oh my God, you know, it's going to be 90 degrees or, you know, you could be at risk for a heat stroke.

So I appreciate it, but

I understand it as a need for agency in their own lives.