The brains of neurotypical children under the age of five years old experience a turbo-charged growth spurt that takes them from drooling infants to potty-trained kids ready to learn their ABCs in school.

That’s why it’s so worrisome that we’re inadvertently subjecting a large group of these children to an epic amount of internet brain rot that’s disrupting that crucial period, according to an analytical report from researchers at the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a British policy group focused on people in poverty — a state of affairs that’s likely resulting in sprawling deleterious outcomes.

“I’ve got two children [in my class] who physically cannot sit on the carpet,” said one teacher quoted in the report. “They don’t have core strength. And when I went to visit one of the girls in

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