Source: The Daily Economy
by Hannah Frankman Hood
“Studies suggest that today’s kids get an average of 4-7 minutes of unstructured time outside a day, while they spend 7-8 hours a day in front of screens. With a youth mental health crisis also sweeping the nation (rates of anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and diagnosed mental health disorders like ADHD are all at record highs), it’s not hard to imagine that the correlation between kids’ indoor confinement and their mental health struggles is more than a coincidence.” (09/24/25)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/seven-minutes-outside-the-collapse-of-childhood-play/