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Technology expert shares the one message that can get teens to rethink their screentime

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Dino Ambrosi says the average 18-year-old in the U.S. is on pace to spend 93% of their remaining free time looking at a screen.

He says teens are more concerned about time wasted on their phones than the damage it may do to their mental health.

Ambrosi says to keep all of your social apps and logins on one device.

“I try to designate a specific use for each device as much as possible,” he told Upworthy.

Even though there are significant challenges ahead for young people as they try to navigate a screen-based world.

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