The Brighter Side of Screen Time

Life Kit: Parenting

NPR

Kids & Family

4.6 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The family that plays video games together, stays together. When parents become digital mentors, children can learn empathy, resilience, and prepare for future careers. Here's how to harness the advantages of screen time.
Here's what to remember:
- Whenever possible, share screens with your kids.
- Balancing screen use is about much more than time.
- Be smart about content.
- Look for what's positive about your kids' screen time so you can help those positive things grow.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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0:12.1	Learn more at RWJF.org.
0:17.0	The Captain Marvel Yoshi from Billabin.
0:19.7	Gavin Wallace, a little kid with a big grin,
0:22.0	is showing off his favorite stuffed animal
0:23.9	that somehow mashes up Captain Marvel
0:26.2	and the Yoshi character for Mario Brothers.
0:28.7	Oh, and it plays music too.
0:32.8	Gavin's in his room in the cozy townhouse
0:35.1	he shares in Northwest Washington, D.C.
0:37.2	with his parents,
0:38.2	Chris Wallace, and Latoya Peterson. I'm in fourth grade. You're not fourth day. You're in pre-K.
0:44.5	four. Fine. I'm pre-K. Four. Gavin is a character. I should have warned you. My name's Gavin Wallace,
0:53.9	and I'm five and a half years old.
0:56.7	It's a week night, and that means dinner's underway.
0:59.1	Do you want to help Daddy with the tacos?
1:00.9	Or do you guys want to make banana bread?
1:02.9	Banana bread.
1:05.0	Piano's been practiced.
1:17.0	And it's time for Gavin and his mom to cuddle up on the couch for one of their nightly favorite shared activities.
1:20.7	Let me start the PlayStation before you do it.
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