Turns out that all the hub-bub about technology affecting the mental health of our teenager by increasing anxiety and depression may be quite over-blown.  It turns out that when you look at all the studies and widen the test-pool academic researchers found it not to be the case. In fact, the results proved that these findings were based on inconsistent data and small samples.  The evidence in just not there. While I do think it is a good idea for kids to get outside and to interact with people and develop a wide set of social skills using technology is not the devil it has been made out to be.