Screens: What the research tells us

My New Life

Kate Garlinge

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4.7 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Screens are so effective at distraction, but equally effective at causing parents angst! In today’s interview, Jessica Rolph is joined by Lovevery expert, Dr. Zach Stuckelman, to get to the bottom of the research on screens and young brains.

They examine which content is better than others, and whether those learning apps are really teaching our kids anything. They also explore the value of video chatting and looking at family pictures or videos together on a phone.

Highlights:

[2:01] Are screens bad? How much is too much?

[5:18] Zach breaks down the age bands for screens to help parents navigate what to do when.

[7:08] How do we pick the best screen content for our children? What is the difference between something like Little Bear, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and Powerpuff Girls?

[10:14] Is video chatting with family members different than “regular screen time”?

[11:18] How about screen time on a long trip with an 18-month-old?

[12:40] Is it ok to let children look at pictures of their family and videos of themselves playing?

[13:47] What kind of time limits should parents enforce?

[14:50] What to do when an older sibling gets access to a screen and the younger child is below the ideal age range?

[17:12] Jessica shares her takeaways from the conversation.

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0:00.0	Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby.
0:13.8	A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life.
0:20.0	I'm Jessica Rolfe, and this is my new life,
0:24.0	a love every podcast. While the science aligns on what's healthy for a baby's brain development,
0:30.1	when it comes to how to care for our babies, there's a seemingly endless supply of competing
0:34.9	perspectives. Parents are swimming in advice on sleep, feeding,
0:39.7	parenting philosophies. In this season of the podcast, we aim to provide a variety of curated
0:46.1	perspectives so you can make informed choices for your family.
0:55.0	Screens.
0:55.9	They're so effective at distraction, but equally effective at causing parents' angst.
1:02.4	In today's interview with Love Every Expert, Dr. Zach Stuckleman, we get to the bottom of what research says the impact of screens is on young brains. We look at what content
1:12.9	is better than others and examine whether those learning apps are really teaching our kids anything.
1:18.2	And what about video chatting or looking at family pictures or videos together on your phone?
1:23.2	The American Academy of Pediatrics has its recommendation, no media use by children younger
1:28.4	than 18 to 24 months except for video chatting, while kids age 2 to 5 should get no more than an
1:33.8	hour of screen time per day. But we wanted to know why. Zach has researched the impact on
1:39.7	screens on children's language, literacy, socialotional, and cognitive development, and has shared that
1:45.7	research and lectures across the United States. Hello, Zach. It's great to have you here.
1:51.7	It's great to be here, Jess. Thank you so much for having me. So, Zach, this is the question that we all
1:57.8	have in the back of our minds, whether we admit or not, we just want to know,
2:01.3	are screens bad? And at what age could they be bad or are they okay? Help us make sense of the science.
2:08.7	So, our screen's bad. I think, you know, the science would tell us it depends on a variety of
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