Sweden spends hundreds of millions of kronor on printed textbooks as 2.8M-child study links screens to lower grades
Eric520CC · x · 2026-10-14
Sweden, once the poster child of digital schooling, is spending hundreds of millions of kronor on printed textbooks, reviving handwriting, restricting phones and cutting screen time for younger kids after reading and concentration scores declined.
A large JAMA Pediatrics review pooling data on over 2.8 million children across 64 countries links higher screen time to lower grades, weaker language development and more emotional/behavioral problems, with effects comparable to other known developmental risks. A Northwestern study adds toddler brain-scan evidence; the post's image contrasts a child's brain activity while playing a favorite video game versus viewing other images.
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