The Darker Side Of Screen Time

Life Kit: Parenting

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Kids & Family

4.6 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Emotional outbursts. Lost sleep. These are signs that your kids are spending too much time with digital devices. Here's what you can do about it.
Here's what to remember:
- Pay attention to your children's emotional relationship with screens, not just how much time they are spending with them.
- Don't just make technology rules based on time.
- Do guard bedtimes and mealtimes.
- Don't expect taking away the phone to solve all your family's problems.
- Mentor your kids; don't just monitor them.

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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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0:15.4	Jeff and Ellie live in suburban Chicago.
0:17.5	Hi, how's it going?
0:18.7	Good. I'm Anya.
0:19.9	Hi, Anya. Nice to meet you.
0:21.3	What a beautiful house.
0:22.4	Thank you.
0:23.1	They have three kids.
0:24.6	Nathan, who's five and super into dinosaur shows.
0:27.6	I know Trek and Dino Drek and Dino, Dana.
0:31.2	Trek's Adventure.
0:32.0	Oh, sorry, Trex's Adventure.
0:33.1	Right, sorry.
0:33.9	Benji, is 11 and really into Nintendo. I also like Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and I'm super excited for it to come out.
0:40.8	It's the best smash game, basically, according to everyone.
0:45.2	And Abby, who's 14 and pretty into memes.
0:47.9	It's a quote that says, use the force Harry, and it says it's by Gandalf,
0:52.6	with a picture of John Luke Picard on the side.
0:55.8	Jeff and Ellie asked us not to use their last names to protect their privacy.
1:00.0	They've invited us in because they're worried that all three kids are a little too into their devices.
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