Screen Time and managing devices at home

This section is an attempt to bring together research on the recommendations for all of us in trying to achieve a balance with our device use. Hopefully by looking at why we feel so drawn to our screens and what the effects of using devices too much are on our well-being and development it will build our understanding of why the recommendations on this site have been made.

At this stage much of the content is based around a book by Brooks and Lasser called "Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World." This is supported by information from various scientific journals, Common Sense Media, The World Health Organisation and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Below is a workshop that ran on 11th May, 2021 looking at screen time and managing devices at home. All of the content in this workshop is also available to read in the following pages on this site along with links to the references.