Would Cellphone or Social Media Ban Work? Boston Children's Hospital Doctor Weighs In

In this WBZ-TV/CBS News Boston segment, political analyst Jon Keller interviews Michael Rich, identified as a Boston Children's Hospital physician and author of The Mediatrician's Guide, about whether banning cellphones or social media for young people would actually work. The interview sits within an active local and national policy debate over school phone bans and state-level social-media age restrictions, with Rich bringing his clinical experience treating children and families for problematic screen use to the question of whether outright bans are a workable, well-targeted response versus one piece of a broader set of tools parents, schools, and platforms would need. TechKids Foundation includes this as a mainstream local-news example of Rich translating clinical experience into commentary on a live policy question American families and lawmakers are actively weighing, rather than a peer-reviewed or research source.

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