A few years ago while working on my undergraduate research project I found myself asking a seemingly simple question: why does a child reach for a phone so easily? At the time I was studying YouTube, trying to understand how children below the age of five were interacting with the screen, what they were watching, and whether the screen was shaping the way they were behaving or learning.We surveyed 120 parents and spoke with teachers and child psychologists. What stuck with me was not what I foun. Sign in to read more..