No. Screens are not making Gen Z “dumber than their parents”
Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| August 2026 Not ANOTHER media- and politician-pandering “expert” wildly distorting data to berate teenagers and screens… and, of course, winning uncritical accolades. “A leading neuroscientist explains why Generation Z is the first generation to be less intelligent than their parents,” the MSN headline (one among dozens over days and days) blares of
Parents’ abuses and adversities loom so large in teenagers’ mental health that obsessing over social media is pointless, a new analysis of our top health survey shows.
Parents’ abuses and adversities loom so large in teenagers’ mental health that obsessing over social media is pointless, a new analysis of our top health survey shows. Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| May 2026 The real issue crusaders deploring social media never mention: Troubled homes drive today’s teenagers’ “mental health crisis” far more than previously
The UK backs off banning social media for youths under age 16 (for now). Ban-teens alarmists are treating their defeat like Armageddon
The UK backs off banning social media for youths under age 16 (for now). Ban-teens alarmists are treating their defeat like Armageddon Mike Males, Principal Investigator, YouthFacts.org| April 2026 The total ban’s failure creates an “emergency,” a top UK official trumpets. “So what will protect kids online?” a liberal-media headline wails. The United Kingdom’s drastic Online