Medical experts recommend that teenagers get eight to ten hours of sleep each night. Yet recent research shows that 77% of high school students report getting less sleep than that. In 2007, that number was already concerning at 69%. The latest data show that the increase is largely driven by teens reporting five hours of sleep or less.

The spike in teen depression and anxiety over the last decade has made many parents pause. Add to that the expansion of broadband internet in the early 2010s, the explosion of smartphones, and the sobering statistic that more than half of children eight and under now own their own mobile device, and it’s hard not to wonder:

Did the internet break our kids?

If you’ve ever felt uneasy about how much time your child spends on a screen at school, you’re not alone. Across the country, more parents are contacting teachers and administrators to say, “I don’t want my child using a school issued device.” That’s a significant shift.