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[–] TacocaT@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago

Study only had 51 kids at one school. I agree with the concern of phones but this study isn't impactful with such a small sample size. Also the study found that kids from non-english speaking families had better reading comprehension the earlier they had access to texting in their life, which sounds contradictory to what the news article headline would lead you to believe