Compared to teens who only spend an hour on electronic devices daily, teens who spend five or more hours a day on electronic devices are 71% more likely to exhibit suicide risk factors.  

• 89% of parents take responsibility for their child’s cell phone usage.47% of parents surveyed believe their child has a smartphone addiction. Of the teachers surveyed, 67% noticed their students being negatively distracted by mobile devices.

• In the 18 to 29-year-old age category, 22% of smartphone-using respondents admitted to checking their device every few minutes. If that doesn’t say phone addiction, what does? 36% of millennials say they spend two or more hours per workday looking at their phones for social media, texting friends, playing games and interacting with text message marketing programs.

• Adults spend an average of 45 minutes a day on social media alone. 41% of teenagers feel overwhelmed by the number of text alerts they receive on a daily basis.
• Of parents surveyed in the UK, 46% said they “feel addicted” to their mobile devices. Rather than in-person interaction, 33% of teens spend more time socializing with close friends online52% of teens sit for long periods of time in silence, on their smartphones, while hanging out with friends.