When days are hectic with parents doing loads of things at once, kids being exhausted and usual schedules being stretched, it’s particularly hard to deal with how much time everyone spends in front of screens. At these times, lots of families fall back on what seems sensible, but could actually make it harder to form…
Lots of families start with rules about phones and tablets in the bedroom when they want to improve how much time everyone spends on devices, and those rules can certainly help. However, problems with family and screens usually start much earlier in the day, in the places where people are looking at screens the most….
Families run into surprisingly lots of arguments about screens, more than they usually think, and this is particularly true as phones, tablets, and TVs are now a normal part of things at school, for fun, for keeping in touch, and for relaxing. Lots of families aren’t in trouble because they have no rules about screen…
Bedrooms are for sleeping, relaxing and calming down, but many kids’ rooms have become places for all types of entertainment. Things like phones, tablets, TVs, video games and all their chargers can really change the room from a place of rest. Experts on sleep for the family and doctors looking after children frequently say bedrooms…
Lots of families create rules about using phones, tablets and things like that with the aim of doing good, but after only a little while, these rules are hard to actually get everyone to follow. Screens are now used for school, to talk to people, for fun and just how things happen each day, so…
How much time kids spend looking at screens is a huge source of arguments in families, and often the discussion gets boiled down to strict rules or scary news stories. But pediatricians and psychologists who study child development generally say it’s about the situation. What kind of show or game it is, how old the…