The problem is that virtually all of the screen time studies don&#x27;t apply to tablet usage as they were studying the effects of passive screen time such as watching tv. People have a tendency to group the two together as &quot;screen time&quot; but actively playing educational apps on a tablet is very different than passively watching tv.  In time we should have a better idea what the effects are but right now tablets are still too new for any comprehensive studies to have been completed.