Five Reasons to Join Plugged In for Screen Fast 2026

When I was a kid, our television went out for a week. And yes, it was a long, long week. At the peak of my boredom, I sat down in the middle of the kitchen and watched our drip coffee maker make coffee. You know, just as a little hint to my parents that they weren’t taking the broken TV seriously enough.Screen use has grown exponentially since I was a surly 12-year-old. And stepping away from them hasn’t gotten any easier. The average teen spends around eight and a half hours daily on a screen—a