{
  "id": 18282437,
  "title": "Blaming the phone won’t save our kids",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/blaming-the-phone-wont-save-our-kids",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T08:28:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026-11-05-blaming-the-phone-won-t-save-our-kids/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As calls mount globally to ban social media for children, comprehensive research reveals that screen time accounts for only a tiny fraction of adolescent distress, urging parents to rethink simple bans in favour of holistic engagement.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}