Teenager 1

And I was in my bed watching TikTok for eight to 10 hours every day. So I reached a breaking point and I powered off my smartphone and I put it in a box in my parents' room.

And I was in my bed watching TikTok for eight to 10 hours every day. So I reached a breaking point and I powered off my smartphone and I put it in a box in my parents' room.

And I was in my bed watching TikTok for eight to 10 hours every day. So I reached a breaking point and I powered off my smartphone and I put it in a box in my parents' room.

Yeah, I'm so happy to be here. I got a sword phone when I was 10 years old, and I watched the next five years fly by. You know, everything that everyone's already said really resonated with me. Social media has rewired childhood. I... You know, I have a few recollections of this period because I was, you know, so involved in this oversaturated media.

Yeah, I'm so happy to be here. I got a sword phone when I was 10 years old, and I watched the next five years fly by. You know, everything that everyone's already said really resonated with me. Social media has rewired childhood. I... You know, I have a few recollections of this period because I was, you know, so involved in this oversaturated media.

Yeah, I'm so happy to be here. I got a sword phone when I was 10 years old, and I watched the next five years fly by. You know, everything that everyone's already said really resonated with me. Social media has rewired childhood. I... You know, I have a few recollections of this period because I was, you know, so involved in this oversaturated media.

You know, the mean girl setting was very prevalent at a much younger age. And it got to a point during COVID where I finally had the time I so desired after school. just throughout this period, to just be with my technology. And I did that for eight months. I sat in my bed and tried not to let my phone fall on my face.

You know, the mean girl setting was very prevalent at a much younger age. And it got to a point during COVID where I finally had the time I so desired after school. just throughout this period, to just be with my technology. And I did that for eight months. I sat in my bed and tried not to let my phone fall on my face.

You know, the mean girl setting was very prevalent at a much younger age. And it got to a point during COVID where I finally had the time I so desired after school. just throughout this period, to just be with my technology. And I did that for eight months. I sat in my bed and tried not to let my phone fall on my face.

And I came to a point where I started to see content of people online actually doing things with their COVID time. I mean, for the financially comfortable, COVID was a time where you could pick up a book that you'd thrown down. You could make bread. You could go on runs. And I was in my bed watching TikTok for eight to 10 hours every day.

And I came to a point where I started to see content of people online actually doing things with their COVID time. I mean, for the financially comfortable, COVID was a time where you could pick up a book that you'd thrown down. You could make bread. You could go on runs. And I was in my bed watching TikTok for eight to 10 hours every day.

And I came to a point where I started to see content of people online actually doing things with their COVID time. I mean, for the financially comfortable, COVID was a time where you could pick up a book that you'd thrown down. You could make bread. You could go on runs. And I was in my bed watching TikTok for eight to 10 hours every day.

So I reached a breaking point and I powered off my smartphone and I put it in a box in my parents' room. And my motivation there was that in the middle of the night when I really craved the smartphone, I wouldn't want to wake them. So I wouldn't go get it. And I mean, almost immediately something flipped in my brain. Things really started to change for me.

So I reached a breaking point and I powered off my smartphone and I put it in a box in my parents' room. And my motivation there was that in the middle of the night when I really craved the smartphone, I wouldn't want to wake them. So I wouldn't go get it. And I mean, almost immediately something flipped in my brain. Things really started to change for me.

So I reached a breaking point and I powered off my smartphone and I put it in a box in my parents' room. And my motivation there was that in the middle of the night when I really craved the smartphone, I wouldn't want to wake them. So I wouldn't go get it. And I mean, almost immediately something flipped in my brain. Things really started to change for me.

And I never went and got the smartphone back. And so that was that was four and a half years ago. And in the past four years, something did actually flip in your brain.

And I never went and got the smartphone back. And so that was that was four and a half years ago. And in the past four years, something did actually flip in your brain.

And I never went and got the smartphone back. And so that was that was four and a half years ago. And in the past four years, something did actually flip in your brain.

I came out of that period, I mean, healthier, happier, more confident, more social and more intellectual. I mean, I started to read for the first time in years. I finally got back that childhood, you know, rigor to read that I had lost for so long.

I came out of that period, I mean, healthier, happier, more confident, more social and more intellectual. I mean, I started to read for the first time in years. I finally got back that childhood, you know, rigor to read that I had lost for so long.