2. Enjoy screens.
Not too much.
Mostly together.

3. Enjoy screens.
Not too much.
Mostly together.

5. “It’s the prime instrument for our days for intellectual work.” Seymour Papert

7. Enjoy screens.
Not too much.
Mostly together.

8. WORRIES: Sleep - Obesity - Emotional/Mental Health - Safety

9. “As kids and adults
watch or use screens,
with light shining in
their eyes and close to
their face, bedtime gets
delayed, it takes longer
to fall asleep, sleep
quality is reduced, and
total sleep time is
decreased.” Lauren Hale
of State University of
New York at Stony
Brook.

10. More than two hours of TV per day doubles
the risk of obesity.

11. dandelions vs. orchids

12. Background TV caused a 90 percent drop in parent-child
conversation, which contributed to language delays.
Infants rated as harder to calm at 9 months, watched 14 minutes
more TV per day at age 2.
In 1 study of 2.5-year-olds, the typically developing group watched
about 2 hours of television a day; those on the spectrum, over 4 hours.

13. Problematic Media Use Measure
•It is hard for my child to stop using screens.
• When my child has a bad day, screen media is the
only thing that helps.
• My child sneaks using screens.
• They become frustrated when deprived.
• Their use causes problems for the family.
• They seem to want more and more.

14. What’s your parenting style?
warm cold
structured
unstructured
Authoritative Authoritarian
Permissive Uninvolved

15. What’s your screen parenting
style?
warm cold
structured
unstructured
Authoritative Authoritarian
Permissive Uninvolved
???

16. Screen Time Strategies
• Time (“an hour a day”)
• Occasion/Priority (“not at the table”) (“when
homework is done”)
• Content (“Educational games” “PBS only”)
• *Behavior (“that glazed look” “no tantrums”)
• *Convenience (“I need to make dinner!”)

17. Screen Time Tools
• Timer, Chart, Passes, Power cord
• Parental controls/apps (unGlue, Moment Family,
Google Family Link, Circle)
• CONVERSATION and buy-in. Problem-solve
together

18. Where’s the good content?
• commonsensemedia.org reviews
• pay-up-front, ad-free, subscription-based
• digital sandboxes/digital toys
• Audiobooks and podcasts
• thekidshouldseethis.com ; brainpop.com/;Tinybop
• Browse together! Ask friends!

19. Enjoy screens.
Not too much.
Mostly together.

20. YOU
Role modeling.
Joint engagement.
Parents online.

21. Only 3% of parents claimed to “strictly” limit
their own tech use around their kids.

22. Parent Screen Time Strategies
• Keep the phone out of the bedroom
• Turn off notifications
• Do-not-disturb mode
• Screen-free dinners, car, pool, vacations?
• CONVERSATION and buy-in. Problem-solve
together

23. 1965 – Unsafe at Any
Speed
1980 –
Mothers
Against
Drunk
Driving
1998 – Tobacco Master
Settlement Agreement
( “Big Tobacco” vs. 46
States)