[TCF] Teenagers give their tips to fight doomscrolling

“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy” – or so they say. During the long holidays many parents will be spending more time with their teens and looking to police their screen time in the hope of getting them outdoors. They’ll be on the lookout for one type of behaviour in particular: doomscrolling. Designing endless, mind-numbing scrolling on one’s smartphone, doomscrolling has grown in particular since the Covid-19 crisis, posing important health challenges.