Screen Time & Children

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• Resources about "screen time" and children.
  • Facing the Screen Dilemma: Young children, technology and early education 
  • Healthy Kids in a Digital World

• Information on potential concerns regarding screen time, benefits of reduction:
  • Tips for reducing your child's screen time from the Seattle Children's Hospital 
  • More information about screen time and your child from the Seattle Children's Hospital (PDF)

 

• Guidance and "how to" on screen time and reduction
  • American Academy of Pediatrics: Guidance to help families make positive media choices 
  • Screen time reduction tools, including how to order a "screen free week" organizer kit 
  • Active Bodies, Active Minds tool kit for parents 
  • Turn it Off! Quick guide for parents 
  • Live outside the box: Benefits of reducing screen time 
  • Tips to reduce screen time from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute 
  • Screen Free Moments from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education

 

• Additional resources for screen time reduction
  • List of screen time reduction books (PDF)
  • Screen time reduction (PDF)
  • 101 Screen Free Activities (PDF)
  • Get Active (English) (PDF) 
  • Get Active (Spanish) (PDF) 
  • Get Active: Draw or Write (PDF)
  • Screen time fact sheet (PDF)
  • Screen time limits (PDF)

Dr. Dimitri Christakis discusses screen time and child development