Media Use / Screen Time
Please use this handy tool to check on the amount of your child's screen time as well as to make "ground rules" for how much and what type of things your child should be connected to via screens. You can decide for yourself what you'd like or allow your child to use.
Of course, screen time should really be limited in the early years - one on one or group interaction is best. As parents you will need some free time, so a little bit of screen time is probably ok. However the older your child gets, the more he or she will require screens for school work, etc. This guide is to help you negotiate type and subject matter.
This "Family Media Guide" is from the American Academy of Pediatrics:
www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx#home
Check out this List of Questions to become a "TECH" savvy parent
TECH Parenting Guide
Please use this handy tool to check on the amount of your child's screen time as well as to make "ground rules" for how much and what type of things your child should be connected to via screens. You can decide for yourself what you'd like or allow your child to use.
Of course, screen time should really be limited in the early years - one on one or group interaction is best. As parents you will need some free time, so a little bit of screen time is probably ok. However the older your child gets, the more he or she will require screens for school work, etc. This guide is to help you negotiate type and subject matter.
This "Family Media Guide" is from the American Academy of Pediatrics:
www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx#home
Check out this List of Questions to become a "TECH" savvy parent
TECH Parenting Guide