the.com/screen time
the modern confession people make right before checking their phone again.
means the total hours spent looking at a phone, tablet, tv, or computer screen, tracked like a sin and ignored like a diet.
from the phrase entered parenting vocabulary in the 1990s alongside tv-limit debates, then got a phone-shaped upgrade once smartphones made every waking hour trackable.
iphone featureapple added screen time tracking in ios 12, 2018
average adultspends over 4 hours daily on phone alone
weekly reportmost people dismiss it without reading past the total
guilt metricthe only stat people lie to themselves about instantly
for instance
apple screen time — launched 2018, shows weekly averages and pickups
google digital wellbeing — android's version, released 2018 with app timers
tiktok's 60 minute prompt — nudges teens after an hour, added 2023