Anonymized data on U.S. children ages 9–18 shows school-day phone time dropped from 40.7 to 34.7 minutes a day, while total daily use held at about six hours and social media replaced games.

As school cellphone restrictions expand nationwide, The Dysregulated Kid author Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge says removing the device is only step one—children also need the nervous system skills to handle what comes next