Guest Speaker

Presentation by Chris Mattatall from the U of L

TikTok: It’s Time to Talk About Screen Time and Our Children’s Minds and Brains

The smart phone in your pocket has approximately 10,000 times more computing power than the computers in all of the Apollo rockets that landed astronauts on the moon. Add to that a world-wide connected system of information media generated by algorithms that track your every search, view history and interests, and you begin to realize that the computer we carry with us every day is much more than a phone. It’s an influencer and behavioural change machine. But is it safe? In this session we explore the growing body of research on the effects that screen time, particularly smart phones and social media, are having on this generation of children. We also explore the tremendously vital influence that parents can have to help children navigate this area of their lives.